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Alienware X51 gaming PC now available with Ubuntu, starts at $600

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<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" itemprop="text" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="DNP Alienware X51 now available with Ubuntu" data-src-height="289" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/ubuntux51.png" /></div>After gaining the support of Valve, Epic and Unity 3D, Linux gamers have yet another win on their side today as Alienware has made Ubuntu an OS option for its X51 small form-factor gaming rig. It'll come with Linux-friendly drivers from NVIDIA right out of the box, and you can of course install Steam for Linux  on it from the get-go. As a reminder, the X51 is available in Core i3,  Core i5 and Core i7 models, and can be upgraded to 8GB of RAM with 1TB  of storage, with either a NVIDIA GeForce GT545 or a GTX 555 card.  Features include HDMI 1.4, eight USB ports (six are 2.0 while two are  3.0), digital 7.1 surround sound, on-board WiFi and gigabit Ethernet.  Pricing for the base Ubuntu model is $599, which is about $100 less than  its Windows counterpart. Whether you're into Alienware or not, it's  great to see more than one gaming hardware company embrace the open source movement.<br />           </div></div>

Alienware X51 gaming PC now available with Ubuntu, starts at $600

After gaining the support of Valve, Epic and Unity 3D, Linux gamers have yet another win on their side today as Alienware has made Ubuntu ...

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Xi3 starts Piston pre-orders: buy an early Steambox for under $1,000

bigpicture, desktop, gaming, minipc, PC, piston, pre-order, sff, steam, steambox, sxsw2013, valve, xi3 3/10/2013 - GreenZoner egypt

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Xi3 starts Piston preorders buy a protoSteambox for under $1,000 " data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/xi3-piston-340.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">While Xi3's Piston may only be a Steambox  through its software optimization, that still leaves us with a  milestone on our hands now that the system is available for pre-orders:  it's the first Valve-blessed PC on sale. If you're willing to set aside  just under $1,000 ($900 during SXSW), you can claim a Big Picture-friendly  mini PC with an embedded, 3.2GHz version of AMD's quad-core A10 in  addition to 8GB of RAM and a 128GB solid-state drive. There's no mention  of the conventional spinning storage referenced at CES. Expansion is  limited to larger-capacity SSDs, although that's not surprising when the  entire computer is smaller than a GeForce GTX Titan.  The real jolt will be the launch timing. Xi3 won't have Pistons  shipping until around the holidays, which could leave some of us hunting  for less-than-official (if considerably larger) substitutes for the full Steam experience.</div><div dir="ltr" id="pr_box_button" style="text-align: left;">Hide Press Release</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em><strong>NEWS RELEASE: With Demand Growing, Xi3 Corporation Opens Pre-Orders for its PISTON Console (PC)</strong></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>Xi3  Corporation also plans to disclose additional details about its  forthcoming PISTON Console at the Gaming Expo held March 8-10 during the  2013 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>SALT  LAKE CITY and AUSTIN, Texas - March 8, 2013 - Xi3 Corporation today  announced it will begin accepting pre-orders for its PISTON™ Console  (PC) at the Gaming Expo held today, tomorrow and Sunday during the South  by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>The  list price of Xi3's PISTON Console starts at $999.99. Any PISTON Console  pre-order placed between now and the end of SXSW 2013 (11:59 p.m. CST,  Sunday, March 17, 2013), will receive a $100 discount off the list  price, with pre-ordered PISTON Consoles shipped in time for the 2013  Holiday Season. (The special PISTON Console pre-order page is found at  http://xi3.com/buy_now-piston.php.)</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>"Given the  amount of awards, media attention and gamer interest the PISTON Console  has generated since it was unveiled at CES 2013 in January, we've become  seriously concerned that we will not be able to meet the demand for  PISTON Consoles this year," said Jason A. Sullivan, founder, president  and CEO of Xi3 Corporation. "That's why we have decided to begin  accepting pre-orders on our PISTON Console, beginning today with the  start of the SXSW Gaming Expo. Gaming Expo attendees will also get the  benefit of being the first to see the PISTON Console in action."</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>Additional PISTON Console Details Forthcoming</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>Xi3  will showcase "live" gameplay on alpha versions of its PISTON Console  at the 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo in Xi3's booth (#400). Additionally, Xi3 is  slated to deliver a "live" on-stage presentation at the Gaming Expo on  Saturday, March 9 beginning at 7 p.m.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>"Clearly, the  computer/video gaming market is huge, both in the personal computer and  traditional console markets," Sullivan stated. "That being said, we  believe there is a crying need for a machine that captures the best of  both worlds, with the upgradeability of computer gaming rigs and the  design and form factor of consoles. We believe our PISTON Consoles do  exactly that-deliver the beauty and small size of consoles with the  upgradeability of computers."</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>The grapefruit-sized  Xi3 PISTON Console was announced at the 2013 International CES trade  show in January as a "development stage system optimized for computer  gameplay on large high-definition television monitors." This January  announcement generated massive interest in the worldwide computer/video  game industry, and Xi3 garnered several notable awards and honors for  its PISTON efforts, even as a development stage product.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>The  PISTON Console is derived from the forthcoming X7A Modular™ Computer,  Xi3's first power user computer. Xi3 will reveal additional product  details about the PISTON Console and its plans for formally entering the  game marketplace at the 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">   <em>NOTE:  The 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo is being held March 8-10, 2013 in the Palmer  Event Center at 900 Barton Springs Road in Austin, Texas. The hours for  the Gaming Expo are as follows:</em></div></div>