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Alienware UFO - (Prototype, handheld gaming PC in Switch-like form factor?) shown at Dell pre-CES 2020 Press Event
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My Ars colleague Valentina Palladino went hands-on with this a few weeks ago.
More on its similarities to Switch (removable controller, TV dock) at the full report:
More on its similarities to Switch (removable controller, TV dock) at the full report:
That form factor is very creative and original...
ok ok comments aside I'd love a handheld PC in that form factor as some kind of god-tier emu machine and maybe to tackle stuff with lower specs in my Steam library.
Edit - from video:
ok ok comments aside I'd love a handheld PC in that form factor as some kind of god-tier emu machine and maybe to tackle stuff with lower specs in my Steam library.
Edit - from video:
- They don't reveal what the SOC is
- Targeting 1080p60fps
- "About" 2 hrs battery life
- Full blown Windows
- The controllers look like they snap in/out just like the Switch. They even show an accessory that docks the controllers into a stand-alone controller
- USB-C
If it didn't look like something in a bduget scifi show from the 80s, it wouldn't be Alienware
Don't sell it short. The GPD Win 2 can do some crazy things with minimal fiddling. And they are using cobbled together stuff, this has the potiental to be so much more
TBF that's in line with the OG Switch running the most demanding titles.
Yeah just look at the design of the area 51... Apple they ain't.
Seems like they are using the Xbox controller for the prototype.
GPD Win 2 found dead in a ditch
(This monster will probably be too expensive to compete with Switch directly, but will be the best handheld PC option. Also fuck Alienware's gaudy-ass design language as always)
(This monster will probably be too expensive to compete with Switch directly, but will be the best handheld PC option. Also fuck Alienware's gaudy-ass design language as always)
With that size and that battery life I'd ask what's the point of the device?
Where will you be using it handheld?
If the answer is 'mainly at home' then why not just use the PC in the other room. I get the idea as a couch device but two hours brings it under the practicality bar for handheld outdoors.
Where will you be using it handheld?
If the answer is 'mainly at home' then why not just use the PC in the other room. I get the idea as a couch device but two hours brings it under the practicality bar for handheld outdoors.
On the Comfy Couch™ at home. On the Toilet at home. On the TV in front of your comfy couch at home that an Alienware Area 51 would never fit.
2 hour battery life is pretty dissappointing, but I am so happy to see more devices in this form factor.
I don't see Alienware doing it but dell could theoretically undercut GPD win pretty heavily with better specs just because of the supply line access they have.
The device looks crazy big too, so I assume that this isn't really targetted at people playing handhelds outside. 2 hours of play time isn't that bad when you are close to a socket most of the time anyway.
That being said, anything about weight? I wonder if this might be rather tiring to hold after a while. quite a few people complain that the hybrid Switch is already on the heavy side and this looks much much heavier.
Probably vaporware at this point
On the other hand the GPD Win 2 made it but is super expensive. Alienware will eat GPD's lunch.
Given the alienware pedigree (yes they're expensive but they make good stuff) if this even has a serviceable GPU/CPU setup and a price range I can save up for I could see this being my favorite PC gaming thing ever. They just need to get rid of the triangle shape around the screen.
That's massive.
Not keen on the design nor ergonomics at all. Shame because a lot of other recent Alienware products are really nice.
Not keen on the design nor ergonomics at all. Shame because a lot of other recent Alienware products are really nice.
Yes I think if they can get it to 500-650, they will be golden
Agreed but Alienwares target market would stick up their noses at it.
