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I love alienware products very much. Their sheer no-compromise attitude to build the best gaming pc's is known through the world. I personally feel that they should enter linux market by manufacturing specific products, for ex something on the lines of google cr-48 chrome notebook. There is lot of scope in this area and personally as a hacker/programmer I know what kind of hunger we are in. Also a lot of customizations can be done on linux desktops & laptops which the traditional companies like sony,lenovo,ibm,apple don't offer. //(There is lot to talk, but i think i made all my important points)\\

So I hearty welcome their interest in knowing our interest, but will be seriously disappointed if they didn't enter this market. :)

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> Their sheer no-compromise attitude to build the best gaming pc's is known through the world

Sorry, but this is fluff. There are many companies that make specialist gaming PCs, and Alienware aren't number one. Don't get me wrong, they're good (and the vast majority of pre-made "gaming" PCs I've seen were absolutely terrible), but they're no Scan for example.

>Sorry, but this is fluff. There are many companies that make specialist gaming PCs, and Alienware aren't number one. Don't get me wrong, they're good (and the vast majority of pre-made "gaming" PCs I've seen were absolutely terrible), but they're no Scan for example.

If you got the idea from my post that Alienware are the best manufactures of 'gaming pc', then I am sorry. All I was claiming is that their 'attitude' 'in building' the best pc's in the world. And for the sake of debate, name any other company that is as consistent as alienware in offering similar products across a wide spectrum. Please don't say my 'backyard tony' builds a better one than them. One company that is accessible to all kind of people.

Their brand is that they manufacture the best gaming PCs in the world. But if one only pays attention to branding and not realities, you end up thinking Chevy's are indestructible rocks and that Sprite quenches thirst and gives you the power to play sports.

And in case you missed it, GP mentioned Scan as an alternative. I'll add Falcon Northwest.

I would say they're a little hit and miss actually... their desktop PCs don't impress me. Oversized air-cooled behemoths with inch-thick plastic insulating the components... not a great design, thermodynamically, and aesthetically I find them rather primitive too.

I mentioned Scan due to consistency - they repeatedly win awards, including a boatload for customer service. As far as the "attitude" toward building "the best pc's in the world" goes, I think Scan win hands down for experimenting with water-cooling, peltiers and other advanced tech in pre-made consumer machines.

My last laptop was from Sager, which is rebranded Clevo. http://system76.com also sells them with Ubuntu pre-loaded. They're absolutely fantastic machines.

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