even pricier with less specs than the alienware.

 

Lets not start a debate. It was just a suggestion.

 

My friend's qosmio is horrible in terms of cooling. Been nothing but headache.

 

I have a Sony Vaio - top-notch quality and build. Then again, it's slightly overpriced compared to similar notebooks of other brands.

 

My thought is that your computer will be next to obsolete within two years. Don't overdo it.

 

So true!

Alienware and and Mac are garbage IMO unless you drive a mini van and give a shit what the other pregnant whores at starbucks think.

 

Or if you know how to buy alienwares and get them close to 50% off. Sounds like you have a little computer envy

I picked up a desktop a little over a year ago when the i7's were still mainly in high end computers and home built ones. Mines liquid cooled, with a good vid card from the time and tons of ram, cost around 1100. And I priced it together using newegg and what not and couldn't build it for under 1300. I also have a macbook air that I bought the first day the new ones came out, and it's probably faster then your desktop.


I love the hate that alien ware and mac's bring, do you think the s2000 isn't in the same league? You can easily build a car for under 20k that's faster in every aspect then the s2k, but people still paid 35k+ for them.

 

friend purchased an alienware. been giving him troubles ever since.

I had a sony, hated it (motherboard fried twice)

I had an HP, hated that too (broke a clip first day I had it)

I bought a samsung netbook, and it was leaps and bounds better than both sony AND HP.

Just my 2 cents. OH! I also have a 400$ Acer thats still ticking after all the dropping and crap. It overheats sometimes though

 

For a gaming laptop you're better off price wise with either Sager or Asus. But keep in mind that gaming laptops aren't very practical since you'll probably want a bigger screen to play on. This means less battery life and a heavier load.

 

All I have to contribute to this discussion is to NEVER buy Dell. And since Alienware is now chained with Dell I would highly recommend looking elsewhere.

Why you might ask? Lets just put it this way...I purchased a brand new XPS16 (~$3000) with all state of the art technology and iv already sent it back for defective issues 3 times. It has to be the biggest pain in the ass process because everything must be done over the phone and you will never talk to the same person or support location twice. This means everything must be done in one phone call and if the same problem continues you have to start the process all over again. The operators dont really care about you as a customer since your not even located in the same Continent as them and all they have to do is hang up and you will never be able to speak to them again.