Once upon a time, having a laptop with any gaming credibility meant you had a 10-pound beast that looked and sounded more like an air conditioning unit than a portable PC. With the advances in mobile ...

The model on sale today foregoes the pricier Core i7 processor -- which does little for gaming performance -- and instead keeps costs down with a (still Ivy Bridge) Core i5-3210M dual-core chip.

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The M14x R3 is the middle child of the Alienware family; it's a great performer on the gaming grid, but its weight and heat issues work against it.