Netbooks are great and all, but boy are they wimpy. If you want to do anything more than compose a Word doc, surf the web, or view some pictures, you'll likely be in for a slow, laggy ride. Alienware, ...

If you have Alienware's reputation, morphing an 11-inch laptop into a mighty gaming rig is easier than it looks. The Alienware M11x (Core i7) ($1,175 direct) is literally the size of a netbook, except ...

So size and functionality wise this laptop actually would fall into the netbook category. Typically a device on which you can do the basics like word processing, internet, email and perhaps watch a ...