I don't know if this is a repost, but
http://www.gamestop.com/steammachine
http://www.gamestop.com/pc/consoles/alienware-steam-machine-i7-1tb/121863
http://www.alienware.com/Landings/steammachine/
Some things to note:
WILL THE ALIENWARE STEAM MACHINE BE ABLE TO RUN WINDOWS?
The Alienware Steam Machine is pre-loaded with Valve’s SteamOS. It will support a Windows operating system but customers would be at their own risk to install it over what comes factory shipped.
ALIENWARE ALPHA AND THE ALIENWARE STEAM MACHINE LOOK AESTHETICALLY THE SAME. ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES?
Aesthetically, everything will be the same except the corner, which will have a Steam logo. Additionally, we have upgraded the Alienware Steam Machine hard drive, which will be available for hardware shipping in November 2015.
WHAT WILL THE ALIENWARE STEAM MACHINE BE BUNDLED WITH?
It will come bundled with a Steam Controller and bonus game content to be announced later. We want everyone to be able to start gaming right out of the box.
WILL IT BE UPGRADEABLE?
Yes, the CPU, memory, hard drive and wireless cards are upgradable.
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So basically you are buying a Alienware Alpha PC with SteamOS loaded instead of Windows. No one should be shocked here. I'm unimpressed with the hardware on the alpha platform...although it's size appears to be something nice and this should honestly be something more to compete in the mobile market then desktop.
I'm curious though...wouldn't you rather have something with a windows 8.1 license than something with only a free SteamOS installation? I see that this might be beneficial to those who are a novice at installing/uninstalling operating systems and drivers. Grandma buys little Johnny a SteamBox and they can literally fire it up, create an account, and start playing Steam Big Picture games on the TV.
I feel like it is a gimped PC though without the ability to load Windows.... :\
I'm excited to see potential FPS benefits by moving away from DirectX...THAT is what will sell me on installing a SteamOS.
http://www.gamestop.com/steammachine
http://www.gamestop.com/pc/consoles/alienware-steam-machine-i7-1tb/121863
http://www.alienware.com/Landings/steammachine/
Some things to note:
WILL THE ALIENWARE STEAM MACHINE BE ABLE TO RUN WINDOWS?
The Alienware Steam Machine is pre-loaded with Valve’s SteamOS. It will support a Windows operating system but customers would be at their own risk to install it over what comes factory shipped.
ALIENWARE ALPHA AND THE ALIENWARE STEAM MACHINE LOOK AESTHETICALLY THE SAME. ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES?
Aesthetically, everything will be the same except the corner, which will have a Steam logo. Additionally, we have upgraded the Alienware Steam Machine hard drive, which will be available for hardware shipping in November 2015.
WHAT WILL THE ALIENWARE STEAM MACHINE BE BUNDLED WITH?
It will come bundled with a Steam Controller and bonus game content to be announced later. We want everyone to be able to start gaming right out of the box.
WILL IT BE UPGRADEABLE?
Yes, the CPU, memory, hard drive and wireless cards are upgradable.
--------------
So basically you are buying a Alienware Alpha PC with SteamOS loaded instead of Windows. No one should be shocked here. I'm unimpressed with the hardware on the alpha platform...although it's size appears to be something nice and this should honestly be something more to compete in the mobile market then desktop.
I'm curious though...wouldn't you rather have something with a windows 8.1 license than something with only a free SteamOS installation? I see that this might be beneficial to those who are a novice at installing/uninstalling operating systems and drivers. Grandma buys little Johnny a SteamBox and they can literally fire it up, create an account, and start playing Steam Big Picture games on the TV.
I feel like it is a gimped PC though without the ability to load Windows.... :\
I'm excited to see potential FPS benefits by moving away from DirectX...THAT is what will sell me on installing a SteamOS.
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