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Altec Lansing does it, as does Harman Kardon. Oh, and lest we forget about Beats.

We’re talking about companies that have gone the extra mile (and paid a certain price) to get their speakers into the shells of laptops, and now the fine folks at Alienware are grabbing a top-tier name of their own: Klipsch. Despite being snapped up by Audiovox  a few months ago, the outfit’s powering ahead with an apparent plan for expansion. Today, Alienware’s launching its first-ever Klipsch-equipped laptop, the 3D-enabled M17x. Not only will buyers find Intel’s newest Sandy Bridge CPUs, a 1080p 3D panel, custom lighting controls and an HDMI input, but they’ll also be gifted with a set of Klipsch drivers and MaxxAudio 3 software from Waves. Hard to say if the partnership will soon bleed over to even more of Alienware’s machines, but all logical signs are pointing to “yes.” As for this guy? It’ll ship this month starting at $1,499.

Hewlett-Packard has updated the HP Envy 17 3D entertainment notebook, which now comes with Intel’s 2nd Generation Core “Sandy Bridge” processors and new AMD Radeon graphics.

Besides the 17.3-inch 3D-capable full HD display, the Envy 17 3D features the Core i7-2630QM or i7-2820QM processor, Radeon HD 6850M 1GB GDDR5 video card, up to 8GB of RAM, dual hard drive / solid state drive bays, and a Blu-ray combo drive.

The laptop ships with 3D active shutter glasses and starts at $1,599.99 at the HP official online store.

Lenovo has announced the 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560d, the company’s first notebook with a 3D display.

The entertainment-oriented IdeaPad Y560d features the TriDef 3D technology solution with a 3D screen, software and glasses, the Intel Core i7-620M processor, switchable graphics combining an integrated GPU and the ATI Radeon HD 5730 1GB dedicated video card, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, up to 750GB HDD, optional RapidDrive 64GB SSD, and optional Blu-ray optical drive.

According to the press release, Lenovo Enhanced Experience RapidDrive technology “seamlessly combines SSD and HDD storage solutions to deliver even faster Windows 7 boot-up times and significantly improve application performance”.

Lenovo’s 3D laptop also includes JBL speakers, Dolby Home Theater surround sound, 802.11n WiFi, optional Bluetooth, and an HDMI output.

The IdeaPad Y560d runs Windows 7 Home Premium OS and will be available by the end of June for a starting price of approximately $1,199.99.

The Asus G Series G51JX is Asustek’s 15.6″ gaming laptop which has been refreshed recently to include the new Core i5 processor.

Currently there are four G51JX models offered: the G51JX-A1 with the Intel Core i7-720QM quad-core CPU and 6GB of DDR3 memory; the G51JX-X1 with the same CPU and 4GB RAM; the G51JX-X3 with the dual-core Core i5-430M and also 4GB memory; and the G51JX-3D which comes with NVIDIA’s 3D Vision technology and active shutter glasses for three-dimensional gaming, the i7-720QM, and 6GB RAM.

The notebooks feature the Nvidia GeForce GTS360M 1GB dedicated video card, full HD 1920×1080-pixel LED-backlit displays except the G51JX-3D’s 1366×768 screen, 500GB of hard disk space, and a DVD writer.

Asustek’s G51JX also includes a 2MP web camera, stereo speakers, 802.11n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth, four USB ports, an eSATA port, an ExpressCard slot, an 8-in-1 media card reader, Firewire, and VGA and HDMI outputs.

The laptop weighs around 7.3 pounds with the standard 6-cell battery and run Windows 7 Home Premium OS.

The A1 and 3D models come with a backpack and mouse, which are not included with the X1 and X3.