Alienware laptops with replaceable GPU'S!

Way to expensive for my budget.

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Original post by temp_ie_cant_thinkof_name
Way to expensive for my budget.

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Mine too. But when I go to college in five or six years, they''ll be down in price enough.

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Original post by cowsarenotevil

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Original post by temp_ie_cant_thinkof_name
Way to expensive for my budget.

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Mine too. But when I go to college in five or six years, they''ll be down in price enough.

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Not really, because alienware will stop selling the current models (which would be way down in price) and will instead be selling the new and improved dollar-wasting machine. Unless you''re going to be rich while you attend college?

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Original post by Extrarius
Unless you''re going to be rich while you attend college?

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Excellent, another way Alienware found to make more money post-sale.

Why buy a $3,000 laptop, when after 4-5 years, it will be worth no more than a door-stop?

Check out the cheapest one, the $2500 one. I didn''t know they still made 5400 RPM HDDs. That computer is just such a horrible rip off. +$350 for a 1024MB DDR PC-3200 - 2x512 SO-DIMMs, from a 1x256???? Ummm... you can get 2x512 3200 sticks for far less than $200. Upgrading your amazing 20gig 5400 RPM HDD to an equally astounding 40 gig 5400 RPM HDD costs $55!!!! A brand new 40 gig 5400 RPM HDD isn''t worth anywhere near $55, much less an upgrade.

Why would anybody ever buy one of these machines? These are obviously huge rip offs.

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Original post by haro
Check out the cheapest one, the $2500 one. I didn''t know they still made 5400 RPM HDDs. That computer is just such a horrible rip off. +$350 for a 1024MB DDR PC-3200 - 2x512 SO-DIMMs, from a 1x256???? Ummm... you can get 2x512 3200 sticks for far less than $200. Upgrading your amazing 20gig 5400 RPM HDD to an equally astounding 40 gig 5400 RPM HDD costs $55!!!! A brand new 40 gig 5400 RPM HDD isn''t worth anywhere near $55, much less an upgrade.

Why would anybody ever buy one of these machines? These are obviously huge rip offs.

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Pfft, who needs RAM and a good HDD... when you can CHANGE THE GPU!!! OMFG!!!

I''m on your side.

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Original post by haro
Check out the cheapest one, the $2500 one. I didn''t know they still made 5400 RPM HDDs. That computer is just such a horrible rip off. +$350 for a 1024MB DDR PC-3200 - 2x512 SO-DIMMs, from a 1x256???? Ummm... you can get 2x512 3200 sticks for far less than $200. Upgrading your amazing 20gig 5400 RPM HDD to an equally astounding 40 gig 5400 RPM HDD costs $55!!!! A brand new 40 gig 5400 RPM HDD isn''t worth anywhere near $55, much less an upgrade.

Why would anybody ever buy one of these machines? These are obviously huge rip offs.

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Obviously you know nothing of laptop computers.. because if you did than you would realize 5400 is the standard HDD speed in a notebook, and you still find 4200''s around.

Also laptop drives (2.5") are more expensive and smaller capacities than desktop (3.5") drives due to manufacturing.

I do realize laptop drives are generally more expensive than desktop drives. Unfortunately I could not find a surplus retailer with laptop hardware to find exact pricings. What I was going by was the fact that I created a nearly identical system (FX instead of Radeon graphics, 333mhz instead of 400mhz ram) at Dell and it cost $1300 total. A replacable graphics card isn''t worth $1200 extra. Honestly I don''t see how they manage to sell computers with such gigantically high prices. Also, who plays pc intensive games on laptops???

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Original post by haro
I do realize laptop drives are generally more expensive than desktop drives. Unfortunately I could not find a surplus retailer with laptop hardware to find exact pricings. What I was going by was the fact that I created a nearly identical system (FX instead of Radeon graphics, 333mhz instead of 400mhz ram) at Dell and it cost $1300 total. A replacable graphics card isn''t worth $1200 extra. Honestly I don''t see how they manage to sell computers with such gigantically high prices. Also, who plays pc intensive games on laptops???

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I highy doubt that a $1300 Dell notebook can compare so Alienware (basically you are saying Dell notebooks are comparable to Sager). Please let me know which model Dell you have and I will explain to you the differences.

Please notice the LCD screen is a HUGE difference, RAM speed is a HUGE difference (put it this way... moving from 266 - 400 I bumped performance by approx 35%, 333 - 400 you would gain maybe 20% performance increase, more if dual channel), FSB is KING! The difference between a 400/533 FSB and 800 FSB is insane.

I could go on about the differences but there is no Dell notebook for $1300 that compares to the lowest end Alienware at all.

If you want a notebook with the exact same specs as an Alienware, but you don''t want to pay for the case design, check out Sager notebooks, which are high-end.