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    Alienware 18 getting skylake? 18 vs 17?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by starrk, Sep 3, 2015.

  1. Raidriar

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    It's funny because when (if) windows 7 support is discontinued (security patches), I will move to OSx86, since Linux is not mainstream enough to have decent support as of now. Maybe that will change in the future.
     
    Raidriar, Mar 15, 2016
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  2. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist

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    Linux is fine, awesome even, for the mundane stuff most consumer would use a 'el cheapo' tablet, iPad, or an Acer or Dell Inspiron laptop for. There's nothing to hate about it. I really like Mint Linux. It looks very polished and everything from a hardware perspective works pretty nice. The UI is nowhere nearly as ugly as Windows 8 or Windows 10.

    However, using Linux for a gaming or benching rig sucks big time. The selection of really great Linux game titles is pert-near non-existent and the selection of overclocking tools and commonly accepted benchmarks is too small to even move the needle a hair off of the "E" peg on the gauge. And, I'm sure it is majorly lacking in support for most business applications as well. Great OS... extremely sucky software support.
     
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