Alienware Aurora Discontinued

Thanks, good catch ... on USA Sales website

http://www.alienware.com/Landings/desktops.aspx

... checking with my resources. I could guess, but lets see what they say.

It's possible Area-51's inevitable debut demands the real estate on the web-site - or - they're timing the death of one for the birth of another, as your title suggests - or - both. A call to A-ware should settle the availability or obituary question.

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Edit: Gotta love the timing of this. Michael Dell, reminiscent of the Emperor ... basically this:

Vader: "What of the reports of the Rebel (R4) forces massing near Sulliste?"

Emperor Palpatine: "They are of no concern ... everything is proceeding exactly as I've foreseen ..."

(They may be temporarily making room for A-52, but why lose all the R4 sales for a desktop that isn't for sale yet?). But yeah, if R4 walks the plank shortly, no doubt they drop it right before Windows X hits the streets, so they can back out of all tech support, bios, drivers, a working Command Center ... same old same old, like r1/2/3 & A51 for Win 8; everything's proceeding exactly as the old man's foreseen. A spin on their corporate slogan of "Certainty In An Uncertain World". Creepy ...

The answer I got is ... because the Area-51 R2 is about to be released.

Looks like the new replacement will probably hit this Monday. and the buyback program is discontinued.

Thanks for the information guys.  I think I will wait a bit before buying to see what bugs exist.

I just bought the new a51, first customer in southeast asia lol. Ill post if i find any bugs here .