When it did we were pleased to see LED lights shine out from behind that iconic silver head, while there are also lights under the two alien heads on the sides. There was some amusement and head scratching as we were foxed for a few seconds on how to turn the thing on when we first unboxed it and plugged it in, before someone decided to give the little guy a thump and the system came to life.
To the touch the case still feels like the plastic it is though, and does seem less impressive than the solid metal housing of Dell’s XPS 700.Ī nice touch is that the Alien head on the front doubles as the power switch. It still looks like it’s baring its teeth and ready to pounce – which is no bad thing. This one maintains the distinct Alienware look, the alien head on the front, the side vent ports and the curves all round. For one, it’s not as large as the previous system, which was on reflection, needlessly large and bulky. It’s not as radical an overhaul as I was hoping for, but it is an improvement. This time, these mistakes are mostly absent and my overall impression is bolstered by a updated P2 chassis. The last time I looked at one of its machines, I started off quite enthused but was gradually ground down by the sheer cost of nearly £4,000 and some poor assembly choices. That said, they tend not to be inexpensive beasts. An Alienware is impressive without being too over-the-top. Alienware as a company has a reputation for gaming PCs that sits some way above the regular component manufacturers such as Evesham, but below the super exclusive exotica of the likes of VoodooPC. If you go high-end however, you can get something really cool looking like the Dell XPS 700 or pretty much anything from Alienware. Nowaday, even cheap, cheerful machines are attractively coloured and housed in interesting boxes.
As Wil described in his piece yesterday, the PC has come a long way from the bland, corporate box that it used to be in the early nineties.
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