On the bundle and packaging, we can not express ourselves beyond measure since all may be different from what we have had hands. Here is what accompanied our m5500:
We see here the power supply and all Boot CD / DVD image used for restoration. For the rest, Alienware does not much except a single output cable TV … damage. For a brand with such prestige, it was expected, as Asus, for example, a profusion of small accessories available, even a bag or a power cinema Cyberlink. But no. The bag is, admittedly, but it pays off, and accessories are offered a t-shirt and a mouse pad. It’s still fun, but we could expect more.

Turning to the animal itself. First thing that shocks, the logo of the brand, the famous alien head which illuminate blue when the night (or light off …). In side view, we also notice that the laptop has a certain inclination. Question of aerodynamics? No, just comfort. It is indeed a lot nicer to have slightly elevated above the keyboard to work.
Level design, we can find the hull pretty nice. It comprises a large part in “grip” which gives a certain style to the mix. Unfortunately this material tends to deteriorate slightly over time. The look blue night, he is really superb, enough to blow up the serious LAN party. This reverses a keyboard zone frankly feeble. Indeed, it is commonplace in the final of this side. This dish is standard keys allow only basic functions, and even then we can not even turn off the pad with a predetermined combination …
This works quite well indeed, it is quite wide and has a vertical space of course. In addition, it comes with a driver rather complete Synaptic.
But a keyboard and a connection area a fair bit

For the rest, you are entitled to three hits over the keyboard. They can launch your browser, media player and enable / disable WiFi … Innovator, is not it? The whole is accompanied by a “Power” button. No system reset is present. Given the range of phones, one would have expected something more multimedia touches the play / pause, stop … Even.
In terms of connectivity, it is a little better, but again, nothing really exciting program. On the sides, you are entitled to a Gigabit network port, an RJ11 plug and optical drive on the left while on the right are three USB 2.0 ports, four pin FireWire port, TV output S-VHS a PCMCIA slot. Taking used for food and the hot air outlet located on the same side.
At the back, you can connect a VGA monitor, one would prefer a DV-I with adapter, even if only for the connections on the latest LCD TV. A Kensington security system is also present. On the front, finally, we are entitled to an innovation. Indeed, it was for audio, plus jacks for headphones and microphone, an output S / PDIF. A switch, which we had already spoken in a previous news, also allows to choose between the party GMA 900 and the GeForce Go 6600 in order to gain autonomy.
Of course, this change will not happen on the fly, you must restart the machine to move from one to another. Regrettably, the detailed operation is not better specified via a sticker for example. But the final manual should explain it more thoroughly. To the left is a simple card reader 4 in 1 was chosen.
Consider now our finest screwdriver and dismantle see a little beast.

















