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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. Yeah, by cakestick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    thanks for the advertisement, Slashy. The extra large ones at the top of the page just weren't getting me off.

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  2. um by Anonymous+Cowpat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    am I the only person who thinks that those look exactly like standard alienware PC's with pretty pictures featuring starwars characters on the side?

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  3. Re:This "news article" was sponsored by... by bigman2003 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pre-pimped rigs are a stupid person's way to 'customize' their computer.

    It's like legos...legos are a toy of creativity. When they start including pre-built shapes to look like spaceships, forts, or castles, it is all over. Who would want pre-built legos?

    Well this is the same sort of thing.

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  4. Re:This "news article" was sponsored by... by dAzED1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    and you think posting here will get you an official answer?

    Given the situation, I'm amazed slashdot has held up this long. However - when the student is ready, the master will appear... There are a lot of places out now that are good alternatives to the retro-slashdot years, back when they were "cool." The masses keep slashdot popular, but it's the popularity that makes it lose the real community feel. There's no cohesion here anymore.

    On the other hand, if you go back 5 (or more, for some of us...) years, you'll find that many of the stories were just like this one - case mods, etc. It wasn't until the slashdot crowd all decided that they were biologists, physicists, chemists, economists, and lawyers that the community started going insane. Personally, I welcome the return to silly stories about things nerds would be interested in...like nerdy case mods.

  5. Re:This "news article" was sponsored by... by BraceletWinner · · Score: 5, Insightful
    That's like saying "Paying a landscaping company to plant trees and flowers and maintain your lawn is the stupid person's way to 'customize' their yard" or a thousand different time-consuming activities.

    They're not necessarily stupid, they're just lazy or have better things to do with the time that it would take. I would never take the time to do lots of things (yard work, fix my refrigerator, drive several hours when a flight will get me there in two hours, etc..). Paying people saves me time and effort - it has nothing to do with stupidity.