ALIENWARE LAPTOP

[brichard0625]

So I just ordered an alienware laptop the 14inch one and just wanted to know what u guys thought of this pc. I wanted to a cheap laptop at first but i figured i might as well buy something that has good amount of ram, graphics card and processor, just wanted to know what u guys thought of alienware

[Hanakuso]

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.

[wlfpck]

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.

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

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.

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

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by wlfpck

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.

Damn lenovo looks pretty freaking sweet and the price is way better...shit im might have the cancel lol

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by brichard0625

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

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

[gmookher]

dell xps

[Spartan65]

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

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

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

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

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by Spartan65

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

WoW! if i had the money 1899 i would def get a great laptop but i just really wanted something for my car and for everyday use outside of my house but that had some type of performance to it

[brichard0625]

i have a desktop with
Windows 7 Ultimate [64-bit]
Intel i7-3930K six-core processor
10GB SDRAM
2TB
3GB aMD radeon graphics card

so i just wanted a decent laptop...now that im looking at some of the prices the alienware does seem a bit up there in price but i have a dell account and they are offering 18 months financing so i went with them

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by brichard0625

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

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.

[bestwheelbase]

That sounds like a lot of computer for under a thousand bucks.

My Asus laptop has served me well over the years. In case anybody was considering one of those.

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

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.

Yea im going to look it to it...i do alot of downloading mainly games, blu-rays, and alot of coverting and transfering so im sure it will help alot.