Well, obviously a marketing or advertising ploy, but it does show that some manufacturers are starting to wake up to an increasing number of Linux users. Mind you, Alienware is owned by Dell, who already sell some models pre-loaded with Ubuntu. Three guesses which distribution Alienware would offer if they were to start selling PCs/laptops pre-loaded with Linux!

Perhaps, as the state-of-the-art end of the hardware market, they ought to load SL instead!
