CES 2026: Alienware Unveils Ultra-Slim Gaming Laptop, Entry-Level Model And More

At CES 2026, Alienware has expanded it’s lineup with a new ultra-slim gaming laptop, a new entry-level Alienware model, and major hardware upgrades across its flagship Area-51 laptops and desktop. Read

more for details.Alienware's First Ultra-Slim And Entry-Level Alienware Laptops TeasedDell previewed its first-ever ultra-slim Alienware gaming laptop. It will be available in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes and measures around 17mm in thickness, making it the slimmest Alienware laptop yet. The company claims the 16-inch variant is nearly 50 per cent smaller in volume than it’s current flagship Alienware Area-51. While the thinner design comes with some performance trade-offs compared to current flagship models, the company says the laptop will still offer serious gaming capabilities. It is powered by NVIDIA discrete graphics and newer CPUs. As for full specifications and pricing, more details are expected to come out launch later this year.

In order to make the brand and gaming more accessible, Alienware has also teased a new entry-level Alienware gaming laptop. The laptop is expected to offer strong gaming performance and will be the most affordable Alienware laptop. A brief glimpse of the device suggests a slim profile, a white backlit keyboard and a practical selection of ports. More information expected to be revealed soon.Alienware 16X Aurora, 16 Area-51 and 18 Area-51 UpgradedDell has refreshed its existing Alienware laptop lineup with major performance upgrades. The Alienware 16X Aurora comes with up to Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processors and can be configured with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPUs, paired with a 16-inch WQXGA OLED display featuring a 240Hz refresh rate.

The Alienware 16 Area-51 and Alienware 18 Area-51 models have been upgraded with Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors and NVIDIA RTX 50 Series GPUs, including the flagship RTX 5090. The 16-inch Area-51 features a WQXGA anti-glare OLED panel with a 240Hz refresh rate, while the larger 18-inch model offers a WQXGA display with a 300Hz refresh rate. Dell has also introduced premium anti-glare OLED panels on select models, alongside faster DDR5 memory and next-generation NVMe storage options.AMD Powered Alienware Area-51 Gaming Desktop In addition to its laptops, Dell has announced a refreshed Alienware Area-51 gaming desktop, now powered by AMD’s latest Ryzen 9000 series processors. The desktop can be configured with up to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and paired with NVIDIA RTX 50 Series GPUs, going all the way up to the RTX 5090.

Dell says the updated desktop is designed to deliver flagship-level gaming and creative performance, supported by high-speed DDR5 memory and large-capacity NVMe SSD storage. The refreshed Area-51 desktop will sit at the top of Dell’s gaming lineup, with availability and pricing expected to be announced soon.

Apart from this Dell has also launched new models of UltraSharp monitors. An ultra-wide curved 52-inch 6K aimed for financial traders, executives, engineers and data professionals. There’s also a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED display aimed for creative professionals who demand color accuracy.