i thought that stat meant game players, as in people playing a game. Kinda disappointed if it's just ppl who have their client on.

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Great article on the refund process! Also great discussion and good to know some people get refunds outside of the 14 day period, probably only if reasonable.

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You can get it during the sale, and if they don't deliver Linux on the 25th June, just ask for a refund [External Link], since it'll be within 2 weeks of purchase and I'm assuming you wouldn't have played 2 hours (on windows or something):

The Steam refund offer, within two weeks of purchase and with less than two hours of playtime, applies to games and software applications on the Steam store.

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Quoting: Pecisk

Quoting: ElectricPrismI wish the Steam Machines said what kind of GeForce GPU was in those Alienwares.

Of course my current needs can only make use of the Steam Controller & Steam Link - I would be interested in buying a Steam Machine if I had the extra cash, but I couldn't imagine buying an i3 @ 450 knowing how sub par i3's are - but maybe in comparison to XBONE and PS4 it's equivilent if devs optimize right - hard to say.

That might be speculation, but I hear somewhere those are GTX 860M. Those are equal to GTX 750.

Source - http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/4/8727269/steam-machine-launch-date [External Link]
Alienware's offerings are cheaper than I expected, and that's most likely due to the "comparable to 860M" graphics they all have - which is worse than my 750Ti(!) which is fused onto the motherboard and can't be upgraded.

Most likely none of us enthusiasts will be interested in Steam Machines since we probably built one already or will build/upgrade to one (like me). Steam link as well since I've already got an old PC as a HTPC with Kodi. But most of us are interested in that controller! Can't wait to get my hands on it, not pre-orderable from Australia though =(

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With EU, Australian and other countries' consumer laws being breached/circumvented by Valve, it's about time =)

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Woooo! Star Citizen represent! =P

Also, on the note about engine dev tools and IDE coming to Linux - I never expected it (because UE4's pretty behind in that department too, and Unity's editor ain't coming), but "for NOW" does give a certain ... sliver of hope! =)

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Don't underestimate the favourite British pastime/national sport!
- from the Colonial.

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wow, you're quick on the uptake =)

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As a fellow geek, I'd love to see more numbers in the review (like weight for example), without having to go and google it (it's a review afterall!).
But nice review! Also, some laptops might run on different voltage batteries so it's beast to also note the Wh of the battery capacity as well.

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There is only one game I dualboot for. That's Star Citizen, and it's coming on Linux.
I only dualboot for it because imo it is set to replace my favourite game of all time - Tribes 1.

And while as an engineer at heart, I'll use whatever tool to make something work (i.e. Windows to be able to play the pre-alpha Star Citizen releases), I think in the past couple of years I have started to buy only Linux games, and play only Linux Games and games on Linux, with the exception of Star Citizen. After Star Citizen comes onto Linux and all my gaming is on Linux, I will probably never dual boot into Windows again, since I currently (for the past year) only dualboot for gaming. (I may have to keep my Windows partition for study/work development/testing purposes). And sacrifice the games that I would've otherwise been able to play which are on Windows only, just like how I will probably never play FF XV and KH3 even though I love both the series (and more importantly, gameplay!) because I will probably never buy a console again. [had a PS1, PS2, and Wii]

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