Unlike last year’s M16 R2, which trimmed down the protruding butt found on many Alienware laptops, the Area-51 has a full-on dump truck for a rear. And this protrusion, where all its ports are located,

While parent company Dell is doing a big rebrand of its entire PC portfolio, at CES 2025 Alienware is sort of returning to its roots by bringing back the classic Area-51 name back for its new flagship laptop line.

We checked out Alienware's revitalized Area-51 desktop, which is powered by Intel and Nvidia's latest graphics with a passive airflow design and a new 4K OLED monitor.