Dell seems to be keeping very busy with updating their Alienware line of gaming laptops. After announcing the inclusion of Klipsch speakers in the M17x notebooks, Dell seems set to introduce two new members of the family. According to a set of pictures released by the dell.benyhoui forums, an 18 inch VGP-BPS9/S and a 14 inch laptop have been spotted and will be coming right around the corner.

The Alienware M18x has been rumored for a bit, VGP-BPS9/B and a previous listing on the Dell Support website seemed to confirm the laptop. The M18x is rumored to include an 18.4” display with a Full HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors and various GPU configurations. The massive laptop will supposedly be configurable with either a pair of AMD Radeon HD 6870M in CrossfireX or an SLI configuration of two NVIDIA GTX 460Ms or two GeForce GTX 485Ms.

As for the M14x, it should come with a 14” display (no word on resolution), Sandy Bridge processors, VGP-BPS9 and either an NVIDIA GeForce 555M, an AMD Radeon HD 6370M, or an AMD Radeon 6770M. Both laptops will probably include the same design features such as the colored lighting around the keyboard and the black matte surfaces. The M14x should also be available in Black and Red colors.

Dell’s Alienware gaming laptops are some of the top gaming notebooks available on the market, VGP-BPS9A/B and they should offer more options in the future with the M14x and the M18x. The SLI/Crossfire configurations in the M18x should make it an extremely capable machine, although it will probably also warrant a very high price tag. Unfortunately, no official word has come from Dell yet, but an announcement should be available in the near future.

Toshiba launches 17” Satellite C670 laptops

While most 17” laptops are known for their above average performance VGP-BPS13a/b and price, Toshiba is changing things up with their newest laptops. The C670 notebooks are aimed at budget consumers and will come with Intel or AMD processors depending on the customer’s preference.

With regards to the AMD powered version, it will be known as the C670D and will come with an AMD Dual-Core E-350 processor. The laptop will also come equipped with an integrated AMD graphics card courtesy of the Radeon HD 6310. Other features in the laptop include a 17.3” display with a TruBrite 1600x900 pixel resolution display, a full keyboard with a 10 key number pad, up to a 750GB HDD, VGP-BPS13 and up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM.

As far as the Intel version goes, it does without the D suffix VGP-BPS13b/b and will be known simply as the Satellite C670. Although the listing on the Toshiba website indicates the C670 will only be available with a Core i3 processor, the promotional video points to an optional Core i5 processor as well. Although the rest of the specs are pretty much on par with the C670D, the Intel version is further set apart from its AMD counterpart thanks to an NVIDIA GeForce 315M GPU. Also, according to the spec sheet, an Intel Pentium powered C670 could be available VGP-BPS13a/s and would be a Luxe White color instead of the regular Matte Black. All Intel CPUs should be based on the old Arrandale archetecture (first generation Core).

While the inner workings of the C670 series aren’t the usual hardware found in a 17” machine, it’s hard to argue with the estimated 550 Euro base price. For an entry-level machine with a 17.3” display, the Satellite C670 series could provide a decent bang for the buck. Unfortunately, there is no exact pricing for all the models VGP-BPS13/q and all that is know about the release date is that it could be sometime this April.

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