The new Alienware Alpha is Windows 8.1 console. It’s a pretty powerful piece of technology, but could it be competition for PS4 and Xbox One?
This new gaming and entertainment system was a surprise announcement at E3. And let me tell you, this thing has killer specs.
Some of you might be thinking, “Only an i3 processor? They could do better.” Well Alienware thought of you kind of people. There will be the option for users to choose an Intel i5 or i7 processor. In addition, you can choose 8GB of RAM and up to a 2TB hard drive. WiFi can be 802.11ac 2×2 if you’d like too.
The Alpha wasn’t supposed to run Widows originally. In fact, it was supposed to run Steam OS (maybe why it looks familiar to some). But Valve delayed the Steam Machine program, and Alienware didn’t want to wait.
The Alpha will be shipped Steam OS and Steam controller ready, for when they do come out. The console will ship at $540, with an Xbox 360 controller. No keyboard or mouse will be necessary. It will ship in time for the holiday season.
i3 4XXX, 4GB RAM i 2GB GPU za svega 540$? Sa mogucnostima nadogradnje na i5/i7 i 8GB? Da, ukoliko ne spuste cenu za 200-250$, sumnjam da ce parirati konzolama. Specifikacije su jedno, ali ajde recite mi sta cu ovde moci da igram sto necu moci na normalnom pc-u
Ipak mi drazi xbox i pa nego ovo. Pravib pogodak bi bio da naprave grafiku koja ne moze da se kupi u radnju nego samo iz ovakav racunar, e onda bi pricali o necem pozeljnom :). Svidja mi se alienware
More za*ebi te mobile varijante, daj ti meni veliko kuciste da imam normalan airflow i tihe kulere. Sad dok mi pisti stock cpu kuler razmisljam kako li bi mi se tek cuo xbox
Previse kompanija sada pravi svoje “konzole” po meni, ne vodi to nicemu jer ce vecina samo zavrsiti zaboravljena, sto kaze aLx, daj ti meni veliko kuciste.
Meni je vise kao konzola, nekako je restriktivno, dok veliko kuciste mogu da otvorim kad god mi pukne i menjam sta god zelim. Nadam se da razumes na sta mislim.
Da, znam ali sam vise mislio na moguce modifikacije, po tome mi deluje isto kao i konzola, jednom je kupis i specifikacije su uvek iste, to jest ne moze se modifikovati, na to sam mislio.
ne moze to cudo da parira konzolama ni pod razno. da se razumemo, kako god okrenete i dalje je to PC. sto odmah donosi probleme korporacijske zavere zvane zastarivanje komponenti rapidnom brzinom. Hocu da kazem, za dve godine ova zver ce postati tuzno stene dok ce PS4, i Xbox one, koliko god mediocre konzole da su, i dalje furati zahvaljuci optimizaciji.