Alienware Makes a Console Out of a PC

So uh, GR supports SOPA by being online today?

And that involves the article posted how?

Guess that makes you, wildmario, and I supporters of SOPA huh?

Yes

Should have put the /joking tag on =)

Also consider that Alienware has a track record of setting itself on fire.

Let me guess, you're hiring Jonathan as the official GR PC consultant. This dude is totally getting a new PC from GR!

Now the only thing we need is devs developing directly to PC and then porting to consoles...

Maybe it's me, or I'm just more savvy than most, but I always knew that purchasing a built *name* brand PC (or anything for that matter) was more expensive/less powerful than building one. I've built PC's ever since my father taught me how 15 years ago. I've always pieced together towers from websites like pricewatch that list almost any piece of hardware you can think of, including barebone kits, generally for far cheaper.

I could change my own oil or I could pay a little bit more for someone to do it for me and top off all my fluids, rotate my tires and clean my windows inside and out all the while I don't have to put any effort into it. I thought the price of convenience and brand names was common knowledge.

You're absolutely right. I've seen both sides of the coin: I build computers for people, AND I used to work at Best Buy, a place where you can BUY these "name brand" computers. Fact is, there are a lot of people who came in and figured that Best Buy really was the best place to buy a computer for gaming. Most of the computers there, even the "higher end" ones didn't even contain graphics cards. They just used the chip set built onto the motherboard, which is terrible for games. But people don't know that unless they're told. And they aren't likely to be told by the sales person at Best Buy. So unless they have friends who are "in the know" they aren't going to find out till it's too late, and they have a "gaming" computer without a graphics card. (This happened to a guy in a guild of mine long ago. Bought a new PC without consulting anyone and ended up with a machine that was without a graphics card.)

You're absolutely right. I've seen both sides of the coin: I build computers for people, AND I used to work at Best Buy, a place where you can BUY these "name brand" computers. Fact is, there are a lot of people who came in and figured that Best Buy really was the best place to buy a computer for gaming. Most of the computers there, even the "higher end" ones didn't even contain graphics cards. They just used the chip set built onto the motherboard, which is terrible for games. But people don't know that unless they're told. And they aren't likely to be told by the sales person at Best Buy. So unless they have friends who are "in the know" they aren't going to find out till it's too late, and they have a "gaming" computer without a graphics card. (This happened to a guy in a guild of mine long ago. Bought a new PC without consulting anyone and ended up with a machine that was without a graphics card.)

I've been waiting for something like this for awhile.

A "Console-PC" combined with OnLive is pretty much all I need. I don't really like PC gaming though, so I'll pass.

Yep, I just built myself a brand new i7 2600 system, with 8gig ram, GTX570, 2tb HD etc etc and it cost around £700, which comes in at just less that that top specced alienware, but with a mightier gpu (the gpu being the one piece of equipment I splurged on a bit). Building your own rig is totally the way forward.