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Alienware Reveals 4GHz desktop

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-into-COTS dept.

keeleysam writes "c|net news.com is reporting that Alienware is going to ship a 4GHz desktop. The new Area-51 ALX, introduced on Friday, uses overclocking, or the practice of pushing a processor past its factory speed setting, to elevate a standard Intel Pentium 4 chip to 4GHz. Because overclocking a processor can cause it to overheat, the desktop also includes a special liquid-cooling system devised by Alienware. Purchasing the 4GHz Area-51 ALX desktop is an expensive proposition for most consumers, as the machine starts at about $4,200, according to pricing on Alienware's ALX Web site."

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  1. Gee PCs are expensive... by toupsie · · Score: 1, Troll

    I can't think of one Mac that costs $4,200 even the dual processor 64bit ones. And they say Apples are overpriced! Wow.

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    1. Re:Gee PCs are expensive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Maybe in 2012 when they finally release a MAC that runs at 4Ghz it will cost more than $4000?

      And the most modern game available will still be Doom III.

  2. speed changes - prices don't by apikoros · · Score: 0, Troll

    Once again proving both the truth of Moore's law (data density doubles approximately every 18 months) and Dolan's corollary (the computer you want costs approximately $5,000) The IBM PC cost $5,000 in 1980, the Alienware Area-51 ALX costs $5,000 in 2004.

  3. Re:G5 by nuggetman · · Score: -1, Troll

    lol stupid n00b but a mac wont game lolololol a mac game wtf u r teh dumb and i am teh funny lololoroflolol!

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  4. Microsoft Tax by barcodez · · Score: 0, Troll

    I see Alienware PCs are subject to the Microsoft Tax (i.e you can't buy one and not buy Windows). I refuse to buy a piece of software I don't use and I refused to support a company I don't like the business practise of.

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  5. Re:I can think of a better deal.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Doesn't really cut it as a gaming machine though does it? If you weren't a MacTard you could have worked that out for yourself before posting.

  6. Re:G5 by Moraelin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Except you seem to miss in which section of slashdot this is: games.slashdot.org

    Those dual macs are nice, no doubt, but until their games library grows a little (as in, about 10 times), "gaming" is just about the last word I'd associate with them.

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  7. Re:wow, thanks by grazzy · · Score: -1, Troll

    lemme guess, all the time you gained by not building your own computers you're now disposing in fifteen minutes breaks to write shit like this on slashdot?