Alienware do like to make some bold statements don't they! Not only have they jumped ship with their "Steam Machine" by not waiting and slapping Windows 8 on it, but they are now claiming Steam Machines will change things overnight.
I still find it odd they are commenting like that when they aren't waiting for SteamOS and are pushing out their Steam Machine with a custom UI on top on Windows.
They said this at E3:
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It's nice to see them being positive, but that's not being even remotely realistic now is it? I've stated before that Steam Machines will in no way be a runaway success at the start and will be a gradual build up, especially when some Steam Machines won't even use SteamOS.
What are your honest opinions of how well they will sell? I think it was wise of Valve to delay the controller to allow SteamOS some more maturing time.
No matter what happens I'm personally going to get a Steam Controller they just look too fun to play with not to. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I still find it odd they are commenting like that when they aren't waiting for SteamOS and are pushing out their Steam Machine with a custom UI on top on Windows.
They said this at E3:
AlienwareIt's going to be 20, 30 fold. Overnight.
I mean Valve, you never want to underestimate their initiatives and what they are going to do with Steam Machine’s OS is going to be unparalleled in PC gaming.
AlienwareImagine how many people are gaming today on linux, and how many people will be gaming once Steam Machine launches. It’s going to be 20, 30 fold. Overnight.
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It's nice to see them being positive, but that's not being even remotely realistic now is it? I've stated before that Steam Machines will in no way be a runaway success at the start and will be a gradual build up, especially when some Steam Machines won't even use SteamOS.
What are your honest opinions of how well they will sell? I think it was wise of Valve to delay the controller to allow SteamOS some more maturing time.
No matter what happens I'm personally going to get a Steam Controller they just look too fun to play with not to. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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On one hand I think it's not a big deal because, as others have said they can play all steam games with windows not just the Linux ones
On the other hand, they probably aren't going to get any sales from the Linux crowd that was planning on buying a steam machine.
What if sales go badly and the SteamOS steam machines never even get a real chance because everyone looks at alienware's failure and decides it's not worth it
It is inherently more secure. Even if we ignore user mistakes and the fact that more secure behavior is encouraged on Linux way more than windows (like using a package manager with trusted repos).
Linux is still more secure if only for the fact that it was designed from the ground up to be a multi-user system. That greatly restricts the amount, and the kind of exploits that you would find on Linux compared to windows.
Also, windows and most of it's software pretty much relies on having its code hidden, meaning they aren't able to get a lot of outside help. Linux has only benefited from having an open kernel that programmers all over the world can submit fixes for. (despite having open code that any hacker can view to aid them in developing attacks we still see something like 90% of all servers hosted on Linux for its great security)
On the other hand, they probably aren't going to get any sales from the Linux crowd that was planning on buying a steam machine.
What if sales go badly and the SteamOS steam machines never even get a real chance because everyone looks at alienware's failure and decides it's not worth it
Quoting: AnonymousYou say that as if Linux is any more impervious to viruses than Windows is... We just have a higher proportion of tech savvy users who are less likely to run random email attachments, between that and our lower marketshare we're merely a less appealing target.
It is inherently more secure. Even if we ignore user mistakes and the fact that more secure behavior is encouraged on Linux way more than windows (like using a package manager with trusted repos).
Linux is still more secure if only for the fact that it was designed from the ground up to be a multi-user system. That greatly restricts the amount, and the kind of exploits that you would find on Linux compared to windows.
Also, windows and most of it's software pretty much relies on having its code hidden, meaning they aren't able to get a lot of outside help. Linux has only benefited from having an open kernel that programmers all over the world can submit fixes for. (despite having open code that any hacker can view to aid them in developing attacks we still see something like 90% of all servers hosted on Linux for its great security)
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