Dell has started selling a new version of its compact game station model Alienware X51 in the version with the operating system Ubuntu. The device support installing the service distribution of games and applications Steam for Linux, has dimensions equal to 343 x 95 x 318 mm, and in the base configuration will be equipped with 1.5 GB graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 with 1 GB of video memory.
Dell Alienware X51 in the base set is based on the 3.3-GHz processor Intel Core i3-3220, has 6 GB of dual-channel memory standard, DDR3-1600, 1 TB hard drive with SATA 3Gb / s and a rotation speed of 7200 r / min, Ethernet, 802.11 b / g / n Wi-Fi (Dell Wireless 1506) adapters, slim DVD drive. Also present eight-channel sound system with optical and coaxial SPDIF interfaces with DVI and HDMI video outputs. Also optional is available OEM-version of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, Blu-ray drive, processor Intel Core i5 and Core i7.
Ubuntu-version of Alienware X51 comes out $ 100 cheaper than Windows-version. The manufacturer offers four basic configurations priced from $ 599 to $ 1,049.