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Alienware's Star Wars PCs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hell-of-a-world-of-warcraft-box dept.

CptnKirk writes "Alienware is now offering their high-end PCs pre-pimped with Star Wars themes. These systems have the usual assortment of configuration options. They're then additionally modded with your choice of Light Side or Dark Side themes. External decals, light kit and desktop theme. They even throw in a membership to the official Star Wars online fan club. I admit, booting the system to "what is your bidding my master", sounds appealing."

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  1. This "news article" was sponsored by... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    AlienWare

    1. Re:This "news article" was sponsored by... by Deeze · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nerdy case mods are one thing, slapping decals on the sides and calling it a mod is quite another.

  2. Oops by portwojc · · Score: 1, Funny


    What is thy bidding, my master?

  3. Those systems aren't so hot.. by Sporkinum · · Score: 2, Funny

    They didn't stand up to a Slashdotting..

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    "He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
  4. Now witness the power... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...of this fully operational Slashvertisement.

    1. Re:Now witness the power... by Golias · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ben: That's no article. That's an advertizement.

      Han: Don't be silly, no honest company would run an advertizement as a front page sto... I've got a bad feeling about this...

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      Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

    2. Re:Now witness the power... by IainHere · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tarkin: Would you prefer another advert, a lucrative advert? Then name the vendor! I grow tired of asking this so it'll be the last time: Where is the sales base?
      Princess Leia: Kuro5hin. They're on Kuro5hin.
      Governor Tarkin: There. See, Lord Vader, she can be reasonable. Continue with the operation. You may advertise when ready.
      Princess Leia: What?
      Governor Tarkin: You're far too trusting. Kuro5hin is too obscure to make an effective demonstration - but don't worry; we'll deal with your rusty's friends soon enough.

  5. Windows-based machines... by aendeuryu · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's see...

    Lots of eyecandy, empty interior.
    Annoying mascot.
    Takes way too long to get going.
    Behind the curtain is an evil bastard.
    If you paid for it, you paid too much.

    So. Am I talking about Windows, or Star Wars, Episode 1?

  6. Finally... by Slider451 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They can recycle the Windows 3.1 sound themes that were out in the early 90s. Having Luke say "what a piece of junk!" whenever you had an error, and Darth yell "I have you now!" when you you get a GPF. Those were the days.

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    Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
  7. What, no Jar Jar? by Gloggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    All that's missing is a pair of floppy ears on the side and a startup sound going "Mesa booting massar..."

  8. !=chix by goodgoing · · Score: 5, Funny

    girl: what's that?

    geek: it's my uber star warz mod pimped out rig that i heard about on the popular tech news website /.

    girl: kbye

    1. Re:!=chix by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Really, you could have just left out the middle part.

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  9. Re:your? by operagost · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn Quakers.

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  10. Spelling error by berglin · · Score: 1, Funny

    Am I the only one that thinks that there's an 'e' too much and an 'l' too little in appalling?

  11. Re:Oh well... by mmkkbb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Take a current photo of Carrie Fisher.

    Now take a current photo of Natalie Portman.

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    -mkb
  12. I can't believe by R.D.Olivaw · · Score: 2, Funny

    That it's almost the second page of comments and nobody imagined a Beowulf cluster of these yet!

  13. For added "realism" by artifex2004 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...make sure you get them to install Hitachi Deathstars.

  14. Re:um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I find your lack of faith disturbing.

  15. Oh no by dtfinch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alienware recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

    They've turned to the dark side.

  16. Looks like a van from the 1970s by DanCentury · · Score: 2, Funny

    With the airbrushing and all, it looks just like my cousin's van circa the late 1970's. Change the wallpaper to a dayglow Frank Frazetta poster, toss in a can of Ozium and it will be perfect!

  17. But... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does Linux boot first?

    1. Re:But... by stg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only in the first version of the case. In the next version, they will slow it down, so that the "Windows XP Professional Recommended" in their site makes more sense.

      After the outcry of the fans, there will be a third version where they both boot at the same time.

  18. Re:Oh well... by bigman2003 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless of course you are old enough that Natalie could be your daughter...

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  19. Hardly life-size by JPelorat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, that's not a 1:1 scale X-Wing or astromech droid... so disappointing =)

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  20. Re:Oh well... by The+Angry+Mick · · Score: 2, Funny
    Take a current photo of Carrie Fisher.
    Now take a current photo of Natalie Portman.

    Next, cover both with hot grits . . .

    Decision should be easy after that.

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    I'm not tense. I'm just terribly, terribly, alert.

  21. The horror! The horror! by plopez · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Misah thinks you're writing a letter. Misah help!"

    or how about:

    "an illegal operation performed has been. Shutting down, program is."

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    putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
  22. Re:If you consider buying this... by Ahnteis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where do I buy flower AND girls? Especially for that price?!

    [reads again]

    Oh.

    Sorry 'bout that. Nothing to see here folks.