Originally Posted by Hanakuso (Post 512975)

Overall I think Alienware is decent but overpriced. If it was up to me I would buy a cheap netbook when I need portability and a nice custom desktop to game on. Price would end up costing about the same.

Originally Posted by wlfpck (Post 512978)

Not a big fan. They had issues with the old m11x and the hinges basically snapping. Alienware is owned by dell now.... which is not a bad thing... but... it is necessary to take the quality with a some reserve.

I just ordered a new laptop as well. I picked up the Lenovo Y580. The ideapads are not as durable as the thinkpads are, but the customer support is a lot better with lenovo than dell (from my own experience).

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with the alienwares, I'm just not a big fan. That and they stand out a bit more.

Originally Posted by brichard0625 (Post 513009)

I have a custom desktop already dedicated for gaming and stuff but i did want a laptop that would be dedicated to my car and while i dont need anything crazy i figured i would get something that could hold its own weight later on. Thanx for the advice. I thought it was a bit overpriced too but my job offers some nice discounts so the price went from 1154 to 938 bucks so it wasnt that bad. this is the specs what do you think.

PROCESSOR 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M (3MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit
MEMORY 8GB (2 X 4GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s edit
VIDEO CARD 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™ edit
LCD PANEL 14.0" High Def (720p/1366x768) with WLED backlight edit
WIRELESS CARDS Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 With Bluetooth 4.0 edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) edit
My Software & Accessories
COLOR Nebula Red with Soft Touch Finish edit
PERSONALIZED PLATE Personalized Plate (FRS SCaRLeTT EDITION) edit
ALIENFX COLOR Mars Red

Originally Posted by Hanakuso (Post 513028)

Specs look better then I expected for the price. One thing I recommend you doing is upgrading to an SSD. That upgrade alone made my PC feel much more snappy at everyday task. They are also getting pretty cheap nowadays

Originally Posted by Spartan65 (Post 513040)

Here is my laptop, heavy @ 9 lbs
I put a 256GB Samsung 830 Series Solid State Drive 2.5" 7mm SATA III 6Gb/s
and a 750GB Seagate Momentus XT 7200RPM 32MB, 8GB SSD Hybrid Drive, SATA III 6Gb/s
with 16gb of ram.
http://www.gentechpc.com/config.asp?config_id=GT783R

Originally Posted by brichard0625 (Post 513044)

dell wants 550 extra for ssd with 512 i think thats ridiculous

Originally Posted by Hanakuso (Post 513071)

Buy it after you get the laptop. I would go with the Crucial M4. I'm not sure if you have 2 harddrive bays but if you do, you could go with a small primary drive and then keep the HDD for storage.