Alienware selects Intel dual core

Brandon Hill writing for Anandtech.com reports:

MIAMI, FL - April 14, 2005 - Alienware®, the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook, media center, and professional computing systems, announced that select Alienware systems will soon offer the dual-core Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition 840 using the Intel 955X Express chipset. The Alienware Area-51® 5500 desktop, Area-51® ALX desktop, and MJ-12® 5500 workstation will come loaded with the highly advanced power of two execution cores on a single chip to deliver breakthrough performance for gaming, digital content, and other demanding applications.

Read the press release here.