Built my new laptop!

[terry_b]

Alienware M17x Soft-Touch, Stealth Black
Intel Core i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
MOD,DIMM,4GB,1333MHZ,DDR3,2X2G
Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
17.3-inch WideFHD1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED
1GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6870M
640GB Raid 0 (2x 320GB 7,200RPM)
Custom Nameplate
AlienFX Color Astral Aqua
Alienware Command Center Software, M17X
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Wireless 802.11 g/n

[DevilsReject97]

Have you bought it yet? If so, you are going to pay way more than you should for something like that...

If you haven't, check out www.malibal.com

Much better pricing and better parts in my opinion....have several friends who have bought from them...

[Kyle2k]

Originally Posted by DevilsReject97

Have you bought it yet? If so, you are going to pay way more than you should for something like that...

If you haven't, check out www.malibal.com

Much better pricing and better parts in my opinion....have several friends who have bought from them...

Do you know of any companies like this for desktops?

[2010 SSRS]

very cool

[GEEo]

I was thinking between this and the MacBookPro.

The only thing that held me back from alien ware was the thickness and the funky lights. I got the MacBookPro instead.

LOVE IT!! didn't regret at all.

[Steve Dallas]

I wouldn't knock stuff by Alienware. You pay more, but the quality is pretty good.

Nevertheless, I'd still get my next laptop through Falcon Northwest. I've bought their desktops, and again...you pay more, but you get the best.

I replaced my old Toshiba laptop recently and got a Macbook Pro 17". Went Mac because I plan to do some iPhone and iPad programming and if I need to I can run Bootcamp to run PC stuff on it as well.

Still, I dream of getting a Falcon Northwest laptop painted IBM just like my PC I got from them

[Hemlawk]

beastly laptop!
But I wouldnt go with Alienware. But im sure its a good product.

[DoubleARS]

People want want they want I guess. My wife has a m15x Alienware and I think it is the most ridiculous this. I tease her regularly. They thing weighs 10 lbs!!!! That is not a portable in my view. It is a bunch of gaudy plastic. Did I say ridiculous already? And all the extra bloatware they put on it cripples performance.

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by DevilsReject97

Have you bought it yet? If so, you are going to pay way more than you should for something like that...

If you haven't, check out www.malibal.com

Much better pricing and better parts in my opinion....have several friends who have bought from them...

Dude!! Thanks for posting that link, will definitely be looking there for a new laptop... sad that their Satori model blows my desktop out of the water

[Rogue Leader]

I have an Alienware desktop, normally I build myself but at the time there was a rebate and it came out to what it would cost to build on my own.

That said its 6 years old.. time for a new one and being that Alienware is Intel only (and I prefer AMD) and the deals aren't what they were at the time I'll be building myself an AMD 6 core machine very soon!

[Hemlawk]

Nice Rogue Leader. Check out Scott Bjorn's website, it's very informative on hardware.

[DevilsReject97]

Originally Posted by Kyle2k

Do you know of any companies like this for desktops?

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

Falcon Northwest is one of the best in the business, and unlike Alienware, they are actually worth the money...

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

I wouldn't knock stuff by Alienware. You pay more, but the quality is pretty good.

Nevertheless, I'd still get my next laptop through Falcon Northwest. I've bought their desktops, and again...you pay more, but you get the best.

I replaced my old Toshiba laptop recently and got a Macbook Pro 17". Went Mac because I plan to do some iPhone and iPad programming and if I need to I can run Bootcamp to run PC stuff on it as well.

Still, I dream of getting a Falcon Northwest laptop painted IBM just like my PC I got from them

I don't knock Alienware, but their stuff is ridiculously overpriced. I've worked with Dell for many years, and I wouldn't buy an Alienware rig with your money. I could build two gaming PC's with similar or better performance compared to the price of one of their rigs...

I absolutely concur on the Falcon Northwest bit....good stuff...

I wouldn't buy a Mac as they simply don't support 90% of the gaming community. If you're playing Facebook, World of Warcraft, and a few Steam games, you are alright.....but most of them don't support Mac....

Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

Dude!! Thanks for posting that link, will definitely be looking there for a new laptop... sad that their Satori model blows my desktop out of the water

They make good stuff, and you can get it a lot cheaper than you'd expect compared to say a Toshiba/Dell/Sony. These are gaming level laptops, not email checkers. If I wanted a laptop, I'd buy from them.

[2ndgenz28]

Alienware use to be worth till they got to big and then it was just about profits.

like any good tech company, sooner or later they sell out.

[Hemlawk]

Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

Alienware use to be worth till they got to big and then it was just about profits.

like any good tech company, sooner or later they sell out.

Well, once AW was bought out by DELL, it went down the tubes. They are still decent PC's but overpriced.