Alessandro17 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Please fill out the form to help linux come on Alienware: http://www.alienware.com/Surveys/AlienSurv...?Id=29607129825 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 Anybody? It is important to support Linux every time large manufacturers ask us. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 they wouldnt make any money on it so why would dell/alienware sell thier machines with it? especially when they make a killing on windows oem installs. they ENCOURAGE you to change your OS, as I have an alienware myself. go and ask for yourself, get your agentID card call them up and ask, they will say no problems but be sure to have your original hd with original windows install for when you ever need to return it for repair. if you send it back to them with linux on it, they will just send it back to you. -D- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 That would be one more reason to have Linux officially supported. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snerler Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Why would someone buy a gaming computer with linux anyhow? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 Why would someone buy a gaming computer with linux anyhow? How about installing Windows in another partition? Many Linux users love powerful hardware anyway. I am one of them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Personally, I don't like Alienware that much. Not that they are computers that don't perform, but it's just the persona and essence of the company. They keep making those ugly designs and then go out with their fanboys making fun of simple, effective and clean designs. I'd never buy one of those computers ever, but I did answer the survey for the Linux community. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 They keep making those ugly designs and then go out with their fanboys making fun of simple, effective and clean designs. I agree, absolutely. Personally I tend to use cases which have a design which is as simple and as clean as possible. I'd never buy one of those computers ever, but I did answer the survey for the Linux community. My feelings, exactly. The more manufacturers adopt Linux, the better the chance that Linux becomes mainstream. Another reason why I wouldn't buy an Alienware is because their upgrades are very expensive, even more expensive than the Apple ones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special-K Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Alessandro, you are right when you say their upgrades are worse (price-wise) than Apple's. I used to own their light and portable laptop before they discontinued it and I called them up for upgrade prices. The rep told me the price and all I could say was 'Are you f@$#ing kidding me?'. But they are nice computers. Well I'm not big on the new designs. Too out-there for me. But a few years back I loved the designs they had, with the glowing alien eyes on the back of the screen that changed color depending on how charged your battery was. That was some badass design right there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Already took the survey on the suse forums Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-741687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSkylla Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I use linux but to have it on a machine sold for gaming seems ridiculous. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-742251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 I use linux but to have it on a machine sold for gaming seems ridiculous. Not all Alienware are very high end machines. Their cheapest desktop here in Europe sells for £652 (Euro 823.183), which is the price of mid to low end computers. Similarly their cheapest notebook sells for £906 (Euro 1,143.87), less than a 2.4GHz MacBook. Besides I strongly disagree with the old prejudice that Linux deserves only el cheapo hardware. Also, it is not totally true that Linux has very few high-quality and commercially-supported games: http://www.linuxgamingworld.com/ http://www.happypenguin.org/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100203-alienware-survey/#findComment-742667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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