Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Alienware was the first PC maker out the door with an officially supported Steam Machine last fall. The Alienware Steam Machine also did double duty as the Alpha, a compact, powerful living-room PC ...

I just got a little Alienware Alpha R2 (Win10 pro, SSD boot drive) and it's pretty slick. I was surprised though that it didn't come installed with the Hivemind UI and configured with console/desktop ...