is alienware that good???
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You can build a better machine yourself. Buy an issue of Maximum PC and you can see all of the parts used to do this.
543853
It is better then Delienware. Dell owns alienware now so I bet it sucks now.
1046619
I'd get a high-end Alienware computer, if I could afford it. Whatever you get, I'd make sure it has a slot for an AGP or PCI Express card. It may come with an onboard graphics card, but if it does, I'd have a good one installed right away. Your computer is only as fast as your slowest component.
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The specs are great. Make sure you shop around for the best deal first try PC World and http://www.dabs.com but you can't get a laptop of much better quality than that.\n\nHope this Helps!
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Absolute CR@P!!! I would never own ANYTHING made by ACER!!! Dell and HP for Desktops are far superior....as far as Laptops I would ONLY purchase a TOSHIBA....or a Dell/Sony if I found a REALLLLLLY good deal on them. You should look at the Toshiba laptop that Bestbuy has on sale right now for $579.00 I have purchased 2 of them and they are FANTASTIC!!!
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You're not going to find too many high-performance laptops that can perform within the range of this Dell Laptop.  If you're concerned about performance, I'd skip the 120 GB 5400 RPM Hard drive and skimp down to a 7200 RPM hard drive.  You won't have as much storage, however, your seek times will be alot faster with that kind of hard drive.  As for suggestions.. you can save some dough by going with 2 gigs of memory.. 4 is excessive even for that computer.  \nFSB (Front Side Bus) - the data bus between the CPU and memory on the motherboard.  The faster the better. \n\nShort of sizing up an Alienware Laptop thats equipped with a desktop processor (will eat batteries like nobody's business), I don't think you'll find anything too much cheaper.  You may want to check out Toshiba's Qosmio line up of lap tops.  They have similar offerings that perform close to the Dell system you're considering.
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Alienware or DELL XPS
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for the best value/performance ratio, i suggest you try checking out aldi or lidl... i know it sounds crazy, but they actually use good quality components from well-known manufacturers such as pioneer and samsung... you don't end up spending money on a brand name.\n\ni got my laptop from lidl about 18 months ago and it was as good a spec as anything out there - and it's still up there, no problems whatsoever.\n\nit also has a three year guarantee, which dell will charge several hundred quid for...\n\notherwise, toshiba machines are generally regarded as being very reliable. \n\nof course, if you're not doing a lot of gaming, pretty much any laptop will do the trick nowadays. i would advise against a laptop with shared graphics memory however...\n\ntry and get one that has its own dedicated graphics card and video memory...
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Your needs vs. your wallet came across to me as the Alienware Area-51 m5500. It is a lot more durable then a Dell or HP/Compaq, better priced then an IBM and should be able to do everything you need efficiently and affordably.  Check it out at: http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51_m5500/area-51m_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51-M-5500&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT&source=1925
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theres trouble with the Gateways, and they're quite convinced they're right....\nthey say the dells have better bios'\nand shared memory's a fright...\n\nbuild it yourself from top-notch components or go Alienware...they compromise nothing...
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Alien Ware has sweet laptops that has high performance, and can play music games and all kind of stuff. they have won so many awards.  U can get a small one for $700. The big one cost like $4000. this is on circuit city.com. u got shop around.
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Dell's legendary customer service is no longer so legendary.  Their systems are often overpriced and the warranties have gone from a year to 90 days.  I paid for the total warranty (against spills, drops, etc) and it still took me 6 months to get my Dell Inspiron laptop replaced, so I defintely do not recommend them.\n\nLately I've been seeing a lot of Acer machines, (a friend of mine has one).  They are a good value for the price.  \n\nA word of warning, regardless of which brand you choose....beware buying the bargain basement laptops.  Often they only come with 512 MB of memory shared with the graphics card.  I guarantee that if you're doing anything more intensive than checking email, your system performance will be very crappy.  Especially if you plan to play games, listen to music, or anything multimedia related.\n\nIf you have the opportunity, get a laptop with the new dual core processors, they are much more efficient.
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www.ebay.com\ncruise the alienware lists in computer/networking.\nstrengths, prices, etc
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Alienware is WAY overrated! I have two Area-51 laptops and they both have been pieces of crap. Countless hardware issues and slow technical service. I know several others who have had similar encounters with their Alienware computers. They look nice, other than that, they SUCK!
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Yeah - from what i've read, the sum was not disclosed...but Alienware was expected to do about $225 million in sales this year...so I would estimate they paid close to a billion.
345650
Well they are. I bought a HP/Compaq nx7000 business notebook. No doubt its great looking machine and works well. But u can expect unforeseen problems in the machine. The motherboard of this laptop got burnt or stopped working for no fault of mine. It was out of warranty and the new motherboard was for 500 bucks so I bought a used motherboard from ebay.  Since then it is working fine.  I checked the forums at the HP site and all the owners of this machine had the same problem with the motherboard. \nI also have a old sturdy Dell PII laptop and this machine works fine. If you want to have a complete knowledge of the machine you are thinking of buying don't depend upon the reviews at some known laptop review sites. Go to different forum where you can have opinion from people who actually use these machine.
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" What is the best brand for computers? HP? VAIO? ALIENWARE? DELL? "\n\nThe Best you can get is an Alienware PC. They are the most powerfull (4 GB RAM, Duel Core Prossesors, Duel 7800 GTX Videocards, Terrabyte Storage), and most reliable, but they are also the most expensive (5,000)\n\nIf You are on a budget Then I reccomend an eMachines.\nThey are really cheap but they are well build and have good hardware. Same with Gateway, you can buy a really nice gateway Pentium D, 300GB, 2GB DDR2 RAM, all that for around 800-900 Dollars.\n\nIf you want something that is really reliable and well known with the best free technical support you could go with  HP. The HP website offers free technical support where you can actually chat with a real technichian, most website offer self help. HP has very good computer at the average price range.\n\nVAIO computers are good, but expensive (VAIO = SONY)\nYou are basicly paying for the name just like Alienware. They have really strong PC's, if you want a  really strong PC, then  this would be Right Next to Alienware.\n\nMe, I Custom Build my PC's. You can get the parts cheap from eBay, or NewEgg. You have control of what your PC will be like. For this you buy a case, a motherboard, RAM, harddrive, CD ROM, and more additional stuff, This will cost you much less than buying a new computer. You can can custom build a computer with the same exact things as what you could find in an alienware for alot cheaper.\n\nHope you found this helpfull