Beyond Opening Day on Dell Island

re: Beyond Opening Day on Dell Island

Dedric Mauriac — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:13:33 GMT

Has anyone purchased a computer through SecondLife yet? Will there be more dell computers to choose from in the future? How about purchasing a real computer (or accessories like the gps road mates) with lindens?

re: Beyond Opening Day on Dell Island

James N. Vinton — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:24:21 GMT

While Dell Island is an interesting concept, there is quite a bit more work to be done before it is a place where a prospective customer can go to purchase a computer. My experience in meeting other folks on Dell Island is that most are having difficulty finding anything that works. I'll continue to visit from time to time until the Dell folks get their act together!

re: Beyond Opening Day on Dell Island

DELL-Laura — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:43:27 GMT

Welcome to Second Life Joel! You joined at a time when the grid was experiencing some difficulties. There were many unexpected issues with the in-world search feature following the November 29 update that might have made it hard to find Dell Island. According the Official Linden Blog, however, some search functionality was restored yesterday. And remember, you can easily find Dell Island anytime by teleporting directly there from dell.com/secondlife.

re: Beyond Opening Day on Dell Island

Joel Espinoza — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:49:25 GMT

This is my first week as a resident of Second Life and so far I'm enjoying it. While I admit I have known about Second Life for a couple of months now, it's been till recently that I have had the opportunity to create an account due to my real life commitment's and my online one's (Site Admin, Gaming Guild leadership duties, and what not). Finally I had time to commit to an other online endeavor and was ready to check out "2L" and start experiencing what it was all about. I first read about 2L in a magazine article a couple of months ago. The article was about Ailin Graef (aka Anshe Chung in Second Life ) and how she has been successful in creating a "RL" (Real Life) business inside an online 3D world. People becoming financially successful in a virtual realty setting is not new to say the least, particularly those of Massive Multiplayer Online games. Most of the people that have done so have done it by exploiting in-game markets by selling in-game currency and items for real currency against the wishes of the creators of the online 3D world they inhabit. The practices these "Gold Pharmers" undertake to make RL money is despised by both the creators and the inhabitants due to their constant disruption and the havoc they wreak in the in-game economy. When I first read that Second Life allows people to trade Linden Dollars (Second Life currency) for USD I was a bit surprised and my interest was peaked because this sounded pretty unique. So far what I have experienced in last couple of days since I created my account is an open friendly virtual environment that empowers and encourages participants to basically be creative and pursue be it creating a business or just lounging around and meeting new people. There is still much more for me to explore in Second Life and I'm really looking forward to what else is possible in this particular "Meta-verse". By the way, if anyone knows the way to Dell Island can some one point me in the right direction cause I'd like to visit and say "Hi" :)