Out of This World -
Alienware MJ-12 8550i workstation, fitted with two Intel quad-core CPUs and
ultra high-end NVIDIA graphics board plus 1.5 terabytes of hard disk space,
can handle MCAD applications, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, Sep 2007
The New Owner
May be Dell, but it's Still Alienware - an AEC design workstation, Alienware
MJ-12 7500a has AMD dual-core CPU, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 GPU, 2 GB of
motherboard RAM, more, appreciated by Randall S. Newton, AECnews.com, June 24,
2006
Alien on the Desktop - ATI PCI Express FireGL V5000 video card, dual-core
processor, and suitable price make Alienware MJ-12 5500i a good workstation,
Mark Clarkson, Desktop Engineering, December 2005
Workstation Reviews - dual core processors from Alienware MJ-12 and Xworks
X8i-SLIDC deliver multithreaded performance while HP xw4300 is the fastest
processor running single threaded application, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, October
25, 2005
Alienware MJ-12 7750 Workstation Review - a stable, solid performer for
CAD applications, though noisy and not particularly attractive, Joseph Tan,
CGNetworks, February 16, 2005
Extreme Speed-Six Workstations Push the Limits -
reviews of high-performance workstations: XI 3600E MTOWER (@Xi Computer),
MJ-12 X2 (Alienware), Dell Precision 370 (Dell), IntelliStation A Pro
6224 (IBM), Poly 1100A-150 (Polywell), Vision FX A/V/D (Velocity Micro), Ron
LaFon, Cadalyst, November 1, 2004
Hardware Roundup - Workstation Reference Guide - looks at workstations - both high-end and low-end - most suited for MCAD purposes, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, October 5, 2004 (requires free registration)
New P4s Offer Mixed Results - the latest AMD systems post better scores than archrival Pentium 4 in tests of AutoCAD and almost every other benchmark, Anush Yegyazarian, PC World, March 2004
High-End P4: Better, Not Best - Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition chip is competitive, but doesn't beat AMD's top Athlon processor in AUGI's AutoCAD test, Tom Mainelli, PC World, December 2003
64-Bit Takes Off - in a comparison of an Athlon 64 FX-51, a 2GHz dual Opteron, a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 and the Apple PowerMac G5, the FX-51 excelled at AutoCAD, where it was about 44 percent faster than the P4 unit, Tom Mainelli, PC World, November 2003
