A fairly staid design and a small performance bump leave the refreshed 16X Aurora tougher to recommend than last year's.

Strong performance for the price Big, bright and fast display Free M.2 slot to add second SSD User replaceable RAM Crisp, 1080p Windows Hello webcam Keyboard isn't best for gaming Audio output ...

The Alienware 16 Aurora is a budget-focused 16-inch gaming laptop. At $1,499, however, the price is just too high: This machine makes many compromises, from the CPU to the display and the surprising ...

The Alienware 16X Aurora is notable for its high quality construction and 240 Hz IPS display with P3 colors across all current configurations. Other lower-end or midrange gaming laptops tend to use ...

Solid gaming performance. Really bright, 240-Hz display. Convenient ports in the back. Responsive touchpad. Battery life is decent. Keyboard and palm rests get warm. Cheaper gaming laptops perform ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Alienware stomped into CES 2026 with a bunch of new gaming laptops with new flagship Area-51 gaming laptops in 18-inch and 16-inch variants, a new 16X ...

At CES 2026, Alienware has introduced the Aurora 16X, a compact gaming laptop below the Area-51 series while still using Intel Core Ultra HX processors and Nvidia’s RTX 50-series laptop GPUs. The ...