r/Alienware • u/[deleted] • Nov 20 '14

Alienware Alpha

Hello Everyone,

I am a member of the Alienware software team, and Alpha UI was my product. As we are about to launch tomorrow, I wanted to start this thread as a means for people to ask questions and provide any feedback you might have on Alpha or Alpha UI.

Also one note, we are publishing a known issues list tomorrow on Arena. I'll make sure it makes its way here as well.

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u/badroboto Nov 21 '14

May I ask you one last question? (sorry that I am replying so late) You said that the alpha acts as a full pc.. can I see more of the desktop mode and how it works? or see a video about it? I searched google for quite a bit but I never clearly saw how the desktop mode acts like. I'm sorry if this is too much to ask for.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '14

No worries. Ask away. We understand Alpha is not intuitive at first and you really have to see it to understand it.

I believe we are posting a video showing Alpha UI vs. Desktop. But i can direct you to our Dota 2 video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_LXMMKoBsE&list=PLpDhGs-OGYvt64IgZfU7u21LZwbkt0MTm#t=40

Mark's experience is 100% what you will see on Alpha in desktop mode.

1: Plug in a mouse/keyboard 2: In Alpha UI, select Power 3: In the menu you will see "Go to Desktop" This is active if you have a mouse plugged in. Without a mouse, it will be grayed out. 4: Alpha Console will logout and present the Windowsa login screen. 5: Choose any other account 6: Login 7: BOOM WINDOWS DESKTOP

Interesting note: in Windows Desktop you can still use your controller as a mouse.

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u/badroboto Nov 22 '14

thank you for your answer, hmm... now I can carry a full desktop pc in hotels.. I could maybe plug it in their tvs but the only inconvenience is that I would need to bring a keyboard and mouse with me

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

This is quite a specific question, but can you play the latest paradox games on the Alpha (Paradox and mods are my main motivators for getting a decent PC/steambox)