Alienware Console

blueshift · 19 Jan 2012 at 00:37

Check this out looks pretty coolhttp://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44034/alienware-x51-announced-powerful-desktop

kdd · 19 Jan 2012 at 01:06

It's a small form factor pc doh

blueshift · 19 Jan 2012 at 01:13

yeah well yes ok, but its console , ish?

Tummy · 19 Jan 2012 at 01:56

Not really.

ps3ud0 · 19 Jan 2012 at 01:58

Stick a Viglen badge on it and a beige case with a CRT on top and Ill be back at school

ps3ud0

Streeteh · 19 Jan 2012 at 06:29

blueshift said:
yeah well yes ok, but its console , ish?

Nope, other than in physical size, it has nothing in common with consoles.

KNiVES · 19 Jan 2012 at 06:49

That's like saying the Asus Eeebox is a console because it looks just like a Wii.

Small form factor PCs have been around for years.

Shamikebab · 19 Jan 2012 at 07:24

Not a console at all

SFF PCs have existed for yonks.

bluDawg · 19 Jan 2012 at 18:17

lol, console... "announced-powerful-desktop"

norm · 21 Jan 2012 at 00:32

Well it could be a console if hardware specs remained the same and software was produced specifically for it.

kdd · 21 Jan 2012 at 01:54

norm said:
Well it could be a console if hardware specs remained the same and software was produced specifically for it.

it would still be a pc...

sehcure · 21 Jan 2012 at 01:57

As much as I despise alienwares general overpricing, I do admit to liking some of their cases...

It just looks like a nice SFF that you'd want to have on top of your desk just to be like "oh that? yeah that's my computer."

K1LLSW1TCH · 21 Jan 2012 at 02:42

sehcure said:
As much as I despise alienwares general overpricing, I do admit to liking some of their cases...

It just looks like a nice SFF that you'd want to have on top of your desk just to be like "oh that? yeah that's my computer."

I had an Area 51 and the build quality was shocking.

norm · 21 Jan 2012 at 02:45

kdd said:
it would still be a pc...

The original Xbox was effectively PC hardware in a box, yet I don't recall that being referred to as anything other than a console ... :rolleyes:

Streeteh · 21 Jan 2012 at 10:08

norm said:
The original Xbox was effectively PC hardware in a box, yet I don't recall that being referred to as anything other than a console ...

That's because of several very key differences:

The boards were manufactured with all the components combined onto a single board. Components had to be specifically designed/reengineerd for it. Just because it had a similar chip to a desktop PC, doesn't mean it had the exact same graphics card plugged in via a PCI-E slot like this does.

You could not build one yourself at home due to the above.

It had its own operating system built from the ground up, this never will.

And many more.

It's just a small PC, i already own one that's hooked up to a TV, i built it myself. I don't tell people who ask about it that 'it could be a console!' because no, it couldn't. It's a small PC.

norm said:
Well it could be a console if hardware specs remained the same and software was produced specifically for it.

Like a PC, it's upgradeable. How exactly would you code specifically for potentially thousands of combinations of hardware? Oh wait, people already do, when they release software for PCs.

Eliot · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:08

I might get one. lack the space for a gaming pc and was previously going to get a laptop but I don't need mobility.

wannabedamned · 21 Jan 2012 at 19:02

I like the look of that. But I can imagine it costs a lot. And lol at "Xbox was a PC" Ofcourse it was *pats head*

What! I'm not being patronising!

norm · 22 Jan 2012 at 00:00

Streeteh said:
It's just a small PC, i already own one that's hooked up to a TV, i built it myself. I don't tell people who ask about it that 'it could be a console!' because no, it couldn't. It's a small PC.

Like a PC, it's upgradeable. How exactly would you code specifically for potentially thousands of combinations of hardware? Oh wait, people already do, when they release software for PCs.

You're still missing the point.

I wrote "it could be a console if hardware specs remained the same and software was produced specifically for it." By any definition that would be a console.

I'm not for one minute suggesting it will ever be, but in theory.

TheVoice · 22 Jan 2012 at 01:20

No it wouldn't.

gropingmantis · 22 Jan 2012 at 09:39

Eliot said:
I might get one. lack the space for a gaming pc and was previously going to get a laptop but I don't need mobility.

Do yourself a favour and build one yourself. You can make it the same size but higher spec for less. Head on over to the thread in the SFF section to see what I mean.