Akali Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 PC maker Alienware has clarified a report from earlier this week that claimed the company's new Steam Machine could not be upgraded. As it turns out, while you will not be prevented from upgrading your system, it won't be easy. "Enabling customers the opportunity to upgrade components has been a core tenet for Alienware since the company was founded, and that remains true today," Alienware general manager Frank Azor told Eurogamer. "The Alienware Steam Machine, announced at CES, is designed to deliver a great gaming experience in the living room and we will enable customers to upgrade components," he added. "Considering we've purposefully designed the Alienware Steam Machine to be smaller than the latest generation consoles, upgrading the internal components will not be as easy as compared to other platforms, such as the Alienware X51, but we will not prevent a customer from upgrading." "there will be no customization options, you can't really update it." If you're dead set on upgrading your machine on a regular basis and you may be better with another Alienware product, like the X51," "We feel we have multiple options for customers based on their individual needs. If a gamer wants more freedom to upgrade, we have the X51," he said. "If they would prefer a smaller, more console-like system, we will offer the Alienware Steam Machine." This is what Alienware's general manager Frank Azor told Eurogamer. Valve unveiled a host of third-party Steam Machines at CES 2014 earlier this month, including Alienware's offering. The price of the machine is yet to be revealed. source 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbrabbit Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Interesting Yang. I wonder why they are so picky over customization though...It is kind of weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Alienware is overpriced.... Or at least expensive. For the price it takes to buy a pre-built gaming PC from alienware you could spend half as much and get an arguably better PC. That is of course unless you buy all the parts from alienware... Alienware is a very good, and solid company that makes great products and builds lavishly beautiful high end PC's... If you can afford them that is... In short Alienware makes great PC's and parts, but they are a little overpriced. I prefer to buy cheaper parts from other brands or off brand, but that is just my personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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