Vintage Alienware Computers

Hi, starting today we would like to pay tribute to Vintage Alienwares. We're going to post one each weekday so stay tuned. Check out our first release!
This campaign will be for the month of August



@AlienwareTech #VintageAlienware Follow and check it on Twitter as well!

 

Ah, I remember the 6800 GTS... I had one of those... Good times!

 

That was quite the beast, back in the day.

 

Not an AW, but I just sold my XPS M170 that had a 6800 ultra to my brother in law for $200. It was a major upgrade to the Dell Lattitude he was using. XP, 1 gb mem, 2ghz Pentium m, 80gb HD....

 

Check this one out

Fully equipped with an ATI Radeon X600 XT and 512 RAM @400 MHz, A real beauty back then.

The Alienware Bot

 

Thank you for posting up and I will probably never check your website for this promotion but thank to you posting up I will actually step in and give my 2 cents here and there. Please make sure to post up daily and reps to you for stepping up and doing something cool for once versus $$$$

The last 2 designs have been very tame compared to the ALIENWARE stereotype we are use to so I wonder when we will get some of those headed our way. Both of those look like a MEDION PC or a VPR MATRIX.

 

Alienware Hyperspeed

 

I was not able to post the pictures for a couple of days, so I'm going to do all three today.


All this systems were not released as gaming PC's, the first one was actually a work stations, a very nice one if I may say, and the other two were Digital Home Systems. Meet Alienware's

Tuesday:

Our design team at the moment, requested a specific design for the front bezel, that's why the chassis ventilation was created that way.



Wednesday:




Thursday:

Fun fact about this one: the touch controller was never released to the public :O

 

Keep them coming!

I am saving all these pictures so I can try to collect all the old aliens.

 

We will every day, for the month of August...looking forward to seeing your collection

 

Right now the oldest thing I have is a hangar 18, but I have the remote from a DHS321

EDIT:

I hope you include the old alienware branded shuttles, and the alienware all-in-one.

 

Hello Aliens!!! TGIF

Look at the beauty we have for you today: The Alienware Area-51 Dragon Case!

We actually still have one of this on our lab, and it works just fine. Check it out:

 

Oh man, that's just classic!

 

I am still using a case like that one for my desktop. It's one of the best tower cases I have ever owned. It's made of very thick steel and it is quite heavy. It is awesome in every way. Mine is black, not green.

 

wow!

thanks for this! keep them coming

 

Because, from the looks of things, they were simply using re-badged off-the-shelf cases.

 

Let's start the week with a Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind:

 

And for today, we have the Aurora Dragon Case again, but this time, the AMD version (and a prettier color if you ask me haha)

 

Ah, I wish alienware would make a new mp3 player/boom box

 

I want a new fifteen inch M15s that is more portable, weighs 3.2kg or less, has a numpad, 2+2.1 speakers and a twin-fan-layout...
and a wide gamut IPS screen with a matte coat!

...Never will get one of those though, I bet.

 

always love posting this.
alienware systems circa 1999. I guess AW didn't really start going for unique aesthetics until the early 2000's.
https://images.nonexiste.net/popular/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Alienware-circa-1999.jpeg

 

I dont think anyone did... back then, plain white case was the only thing you could get... I remember a friend of mine painted his once!

 

Wow that brings back memories, I remember looking at those Alienware ads in PC Gamer with my friends while wishing we could get one .

 

Ahhhh memories...I built something similar to the area51 for 1/2 the price back in the day.

...tapatalk...

 

Staggering to think that a computer that was over 3 grand 10 years ago wouldn't even be able to measure up to one costing 300 dollars now.

 

Well, ten years is over a lifetime in the IT industry..

 

that definitely takes you back...if $2199 is still a lot of money, just imagine back then, I would've never been able to afford that...

 

For today we have an Entertainment system, and it's fairly new...

Alienware Hangar 18

 

YAY!!
Here is my hangar, I rebuilt it with some more up todate parts, Funny thing, the case for the hangar 18 is actually a msi media live case. I used the back plate from a msi so I could use a new motherboard. The hangar has all the i/o ports just drilled into the rear of the case, the msi has a square cutout for the i/o shield, so I drilled out some rivets, swapped the panels, now I am down one pci slot, but have a perfect i/o panel.
I got the hangar that had the surround amp in it, but I cant use it with the new motherboard till I figure out the pin outs on it.

Next to the x51

 

Wow! I wonder why people are still complaining that current AWs are so overpriced
That one was $3499 even back then!!!

But that's really the case, even cellphones are much more expensive 20 years ago. I remember my dad used to have a $1000 cellphone that has its own bag and a curly wire connected to the bag.

 

As far as I can tell, Alienwares still command a significant and palpable premium, but by far less than they used to be.

In my opinion, though, while the notebooks are almost competitively priced, I think the desktops still demand a lot of 'brand tax'...

 

Most of you will be familiar with today's model I'm sure...I know I am, I remember myself drooling in front of the computer while configuring this model just to keep it in my wish list haha.

Alienware Aurora Predator 1

 

^^^^ Seems like that was the first generation of "styled" AW.

 

The Skullcap design was what really first quite made Alienware stand out.

 

Agreed!

 

I remember when the M9750 offered RAID 0 64 GB Samsung RBX SLC SSDs for 2000...lol

 

I have two models today, since we skipped Friday.

1. Area-51 Predator ALX



2. Area-51 Predator 2 ALX...Yumm!!!

 

Oh yes, I remember those... didn't their front-bay covers rise upwards?

 

For me, the skull cap design was my least favorite. Its for sure the one that put aliens on the map for design, but I just dont like them.... I like the sharp lines of the new stuff, and the boxy looks of the old stuff.... I guess this is also why I like cars from the 80s

 

lol where can i buy one of these! really if you know where link me!

 

They sometimes pop up on ebay, I got one a few months ago for 250$... spent a little over 1000$ now to get it a little more modern.

Alienware hangar 18 hd restoration

 

We will start today with the Alienware Special Edition models, but first:

The Alienware Aurora Predator 2 ALX...so sexy!

 

Alienware Special Edition Model! and we have more coming...check out the video too.

 

You guys should really do a new line of TV adds!

 

Second to last post vintage Desktops...Next week we'll start with the laptops Today's model is fairly new, it's actually a Dell Alienware, but we looooove it...it's a monster!

The Area-51 ALX



And tomorrow...Oh Lord we have something so special for tomorrow I can't wait...I'm so excited!

 

I love seeing all of these old rigs. They bring back a lot of memories of technology and companies come and gone.

Tapatalk 2

 

i love the laptop in the Alienware Aurora Predator 1 picture haha wish i could customize me m17r4 alittle more

 

Damn.. The last one ain't even that old. Freaks me out to think of seeing my laptop in this thread some day..

 

^^^ Was thinking the same thing...

 

That reminds me, Alienware doesn't have a full-ATX system in the lineup anymore, does it? I only see the Aurora ALX and the X51.