Neither! I've got the 2009 version of the Alienware Area 51, with no further number or letter designating it. Incidentally, it is using the Alienware A11 bios.
Unfortunately, according to the policy document, the Area 51 desktop system will not be supported on Windows 10. Some users have successfully installed Windows 10 on these non-supported systems. But they did all the driver investigation (example = installing 7/8/8.1 drivers) to force it to work. Dell does not have the resources to do this on non-supported systems.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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November 6th, 2015 10:00
Hi,
Just to confirm, do you have the Alienware Area 51 R1 or R2?
walter.sk
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November 6th, 2015 14:00
Neither! I've got the 2009 version of the Alienware Area 51, with no further number or letter designating it. Incidentally, it is using the Alienware A11 bios.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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November 9th, 2015 12:00
Hi,
Unfortunately, according to the policy document, the Area 51 desktop system will not be supported on Windows 10. Some users have successfully installed Windows 10 on these non-supported systems. But they did all the driver investigation (example = installing 7/8/8.1 drivers) to force it to work. Dell does not have the resources to do this on non-supported systems.
Tesla1856
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November 9th, 2015 13:00
You should probably refer to your machine as Area51-R1.
Try turning off Fast-Startup in Win-10.
DELL-Chris M
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November 9th, 2015 14:00
In my opinion, the Alienware desktop naming can be confusing! For your notes for future postings.
Area51-R1 (2009, Windows 7)
Area51-R2 (2014, Windows 7/8.1/10)
Aurora-R1 (2009, Windows 7)
Aurora-R2 (2010, Windows 7)
Aurora-R3 (2011, Windows 7)
Aurora-R4 (2012 Windows 7/8/8.1/10)
X51-R1 (2012, Windows 7/8/10)
X51-R2 (2013, Windows 7/8/8.1/10)
X51-R3 (2015, Windows 8.1/10)