Alienware teases new super-slim and entry-level gaming laptops at CES 2026

After relaunching its Area-51 model with a brand new 16-inch laptop computer in 2025, Alienware is teasing two new laptops at CES 2026 in an try to succeed in an excellent bigger viewers. Dell’s gaming model plans to launch each entry-level and ultra-slim fashions later this 12 months, and within the meantime, it is rolling out updates to its present desktops and laptops to tide folks over.

Alienware is not sharing all the small print of its new laptops at CES, however we do have the highlights. The firm’s new “ultra-slim gaming laptop” will likely be round 17mm or 0.67 inches skinny, and are available both 14-inch or 16-inch variants. While the 16-inch model of the laptop computer will characteristic NVIDIA discrete graphics and “new highly efficient CPUs,” it isn’t meant to be a gaming powerhouse just like the Area-51. Instead, Alienware suggests the laptop computer will work for gaming and likewise “creative projects, productivity and everything in between.”

The entry-level laptop computer is equally not at Area-51-levels of energy, however Alienware claims it will ship “strong gaming performance” at its “most accessible price point yet.” That ought to ideally put the brand new laptop computer beneath the $1,199 beginning value of the extra streamlined Alienware 16 Aurora laptop computer.

On prime of these two new fashions, Alienware is bringing new anti-glare OLED panels to a collection of its Alienware 16X Aurora and Alienware 16 Area-51 laptops, together with new Intel Core Ultra 200HX chips. The new show panels attain 620 nits of peak HDR brightness and have a 0.2ms response time for even smoother gameplay. The Alienware 18 Area-51 can also be getting an improve to Intel Core Ultra 200HX chips, whereas the Alienware Area-51 Desktop will ship with AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D chips.

There’s at the moment no pricing accessible for Alienware’s new laptops, or the up to date variations of its older fashions. The up to date Alienware 16X Aurora, Alienware 16 Area-51, and Alienware 18 Area-51 laptops will likely be accessible in Q1 2026. The replace Alienware Area-51 Desktop is coming in February 2026.