Alienware is running full speed ahead into 2026 as it teases two new laptop classes at CES 2026, which the company hopes to launch later this year, as well as bringing OLED to its 16-inch Area-51 models.
Alienware took 2025 to consolidate many of its various laptop offerings into a single relaunched ‘Area-51’ brand, with one 18-inch and two 16-inch models. This year, however, the company appears primed to expand that portfolio with a new ultraslim model and a budget-oriented device.
First, Alienware’s ultraslim gaming laptop will almost certainly go toe-to-toe with the Razer Blade, Asus ROG Zephyrus, and other thin and light gaming laptops that have grown in popularity over the past few years. The other is a budget-friendly gaming laptop or laptops, geared more towards entry-level gaming, something Dell lost with the mothballing of the Dell G-series gaming laptops.
Alienware promises a ‘covert’ ultraslim gaming laptop line this year
For the ultraslim, Alienware says that this new laptop will be about 17mm thick, which is essentially the same thickness as the Razer Blade 14 I reviewed last year, if you’re looking for a more concrete example to ponder.
According to Alienware, the company “set out to build a laptop that delivers features that appeal to gamers first and foremost but also excels for people who need a powerful device for creative projects, productivity, and everything in between.”
This new laptop class, which will feature 14-inch and 16-inch models, appears to be Alienware’s way of softening the edges of its gamer aesthetic somewhat to appeal to professionals who want to use a powerful laptop for work during the day and gaming during off-hours without worrying about bringing an RGB-heavy gaming laptop into important work meetings that might rub the bosses the wrong way.
Alienware to introduce a budget-friendly gaming laptop to fill the whole left by the Dell G-series
Next up, Alienware plans to introduce a budget-oriented gaming laptop with a much lower price point than the typically premium devices that carry the Alienware imprint. To be sure, this won’t be able to include the same premium materials and hardware its beefier siblings possess, but with the unceremonious retirement of the Dell G-series gaming laptops, this is definitely a market segment that Alienware seems well-suited to fill.
There’s very little information on this new product class right now, much less details on specs or the number of models that it will include, but Alienware stresses that it won’t skimp on the essentials, and acknowledges that “this isn’t at the level of our flagship Area-51,” but promises that “it’s still built to Alienware standards by not cutting corners on the things that matter most, such as build quality, thermals and performance.”
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