Alienware MJ-12 8550i

Mention Alienware to most Internet users, and they will think of high-end games machines with every conceivable option on-board and a hefty price tag to suit. They're less well known for it perhaps, but the company has also been carving out a similar...

The MJ-12 8550i has all of the options you'd expect from a 3D workstation: two Xeon processors with a choice of dual- or quad-core chips, and a wide selection of graphics cards and drives.

The next big advancement to workstation technology is the dual core offerings from both AMD and Intel. Dual core enables the positioning of two CPUs effectively on a single dye, obviating the need for multiple fans and heat sinks to cool two CPUs,...

The next big advancement to workstation technology is the dual core offerings from both AMD and Intel. Dual core enables the positioning of two CPUs effectively on a single dye, obviating the need for multiple fans and heat sinks to cool two CPUs,...

Alienware's MJ-12 7550a Workstation ($7906) is loaded with dual AMD Opteron 275 dual core processors and is also packing two NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 256 MB graphics cards. As we unpacked this behemoth, we wondered -- what would happen if you strapped...