AlienWare's new console the Alpha

[thekeemo]

Are the facts that I posted too much for you to comprehend? 

no.. its just that I never know if this is you talking or the Devil's Advocate in you talking

[Psykomantis00]

no.. its just that I never know if this is you talking or the Devil's Advocate in you talking

 

:lol:

[givingtnt]

No it's not. 

im pretty sure it is : 

[Psykomantis00]

im pretty sure it is : 

 

Well, it's not. You're just not good at reading. 

[givingtnt]

Well, it's not. You're just not good at reading. 

well. I feel bad... just saw it

[Psykomantis00]

well. I feel bad... just saw it

 

You saw steam big picture mode, not steam OS. 

[Apple Juice]

When I was talking to a dell guy he said it came with a gtx 660

[connorpiper]

$550 for an i3? Console peasants are better off with a console

the whole point of a PC is upgradabilty and price/value

 

An i3 is fine for gaming because of the 4 threads. It will kick the OCd Pentium in the face in multithreaded heavy games.

[Psykomantis00]

When I was talking to a dell guy he said it came with a gtx 660

Well he was wrong (as dell employees often are). 

[RazeG3SG1]

GTX 860M, still more powerful than xbone and ps4. Certainly not an overpriced product from Alienware considering this is to compete in console market.

[dima_]

Mmm... I forgot about the Alpha. I never had a good time with Alienware - I owned their M14x at a dark point in time. Very unsatisfied with the performance for the price (should've expected it though) and customer support wasn't the best to deal with. If I were a console heathen looking to step up to PC somehow, I'd wait for other Steam Machines to drop.

[Psykomantis00]

Mmm... I forgot about the Alpha. I never had a good time with Alienware - I owned their M14x at a dark point in time. Very unsatisfied with the performance for the price (should've expected it though) and customer support wasn't the best to deal with. If I were a console heathen looking to step up to PC somehow, I'd wait for other Steam Machines to drop.

 

This isn't a steam machine. Honestly, until games get proper linux support, steamOS won't be a real thing. 

[shadowblitz3]

still not replacing my rig

[Psykomantis00]

still not replacing my rig

Implying that's what it was meant for.   :rolleyes:

[Gontier]

I have been thinking about picking one up at some point as a HTPC that I can stream to from my main desktop, but they disappointed once again on the price. First claiming at CES 2014 that they would be competitively priced with consoles around $400, then they stepped it up as always. The included software should be interesting though.

 

When I was talking to a dell guy he said it came with a gtx 660

 

You were most likely talking about the (SFF) X51, not the (USFF) Alpha which has a mobile GPU.