LOL, no, Alienware hasn't closed down and they probably never will. Its Liebermann Inc., the makers of the MachL that had to close down. But they're slowly trying to make a comeback. The last time I checked they were begging for sponsors literally, and they got one in RedRuth Ventures. Hope they make it at least this time around. But you can never say Alienware systems are unstable, they're pretty much the best around, and they were the ones that actually pushed Nvidia and ATi to SLI and AMR in the first place. They still make the best gaming systems in the world, and they're also the most stable systems, with everything being a custom-job, from the cooling kit to the performance tweaks.