Gangsta Smurf

am about to lift an alienware m17x laptop ... wanted something top of the line that I can game on and use for general stuff that is goinng to look a bit bling and also not be completely out of date after 2 days. Am upgrading standard processor to quad core etc as well as 250 gig hard drive, blue ray etc etc etc. But want to see what people's opinions are on these things ... anyone had any experience of owning one?

Milamber

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I toyed with an Alienware but the Dell support put me off and I went for a ROCK instead.

HD's are so cheap mate you may as well put in a 500GB yourself.

http://www.rockdirect.com/

Go for the xtreme 840 sli and bling it up. That thing will still be up to date by the time the sun burns out

Milamber

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Fozzy has a Rock also.

53

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Milamber

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You're such a child

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Budgie

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i heard fozzy had about 20 rocks

Nate

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Give Andy (Supercue) a call Rob, he seems to know his onions (or laptops/pc's ).

rhybeck

found this if any help>>>

http://computers.toptenreviews.com/gaming-laptops/

not sure you can get quad core into a laptop yet. there are no quad core's in this review

WRX_Dazza

alienware m15 is a quad IIRC

rhybeck

i was always told a pc will be obsolete after 3 years if it is not up graded in that time. new software will leave it behind. you do gain life span by buying the best at the time but its all relative

rhybeck

alienware = dell so.... pass as Milamber said

FLAT ERIC

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Who was it had the railway sleepers?

Milamber

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A high end laptop/desktop will still be better than an off the shelf unit from pc world in 3/4 years time.

Diesel_DC

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Network Rail have a few Mark

rhybeck

oh yeh god help anyone how buys a system from pc world..... the term " epic fail " comes to mind .......

Milamber

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Don't tell yellowvanman that

Actually he got a VERY good deal out of them so he can't complain

rhybeck

lucky man....... id only buy printer paper or dvds from there personally.... oh or a ridiculously reduced price digi camera

Gangsta Smurf

spoke to a guy last night that has owned both an alienware and a rock ... thanks to him for the pm ... so the alienware is the one to go for apparently, especially if I get the quadcore.

Thanks to all for opinions. Much appreciated

Milamber

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What swung it for you in the end?

Gangsta Smurf

a very weighty business contract that was taken out with them due to the performance vs the competition.

When people put significant amounts of money into something after research I trust them more

Milamber

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Not sure I follow, but enjoy the purchase they are lovely bits of kit

SirFozzalot

Yep, had one for a while now, very pleased with it.



Not any more!

Was me but that's gone too!

Gangsta Smurf

If someone said to you "yes mate they are great and def worth buying" you would think ok i'll take on board the info and keep researching.

If someone said to you "yes mate they are great, I just took out a business contract for $185,000 with them to replace our entire company stock" then you take the comments a lot more seriousely.

Milamber

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But there is a difference between supplying the office with bog standard-Dell pc's and buying a top of the range gaming rig.

We purchase our office pc's through Dell. Don't have an issue with that but just don't follow how that sways your opinion about the Alienware rig.

Either way I'm not suggesting you've made a bad purchase. Far from it, you're going to love it I am slightly jealous

Gangsta Smurf

Because the person who sent me the message and who I subsequently spoke to used a number of high end laptops via his company and has recently opted to upgrade all the stock to alienware because of their general capabilities over the competition. His business mandate sounded v close to my personal mandate so the fact that someone has tested many many brands and opted for this one via a large financial committment leads me to think I am correct in what i'm doing. I was probably going to buy it anyway but it nice to know I not pouring a lot of dosh into a blender and going to be p issed off when I see another machine that could do the job better.

Same as anything in life mate. If someone backs something by putting lots of their dosh into it then you are likely to take their opinion a lot more seriousely than somebody who doesn't.

Gangsta Smurf

btw was it you who swapped the scoob for an evo6 gsr??? can't remember what forum I was on when somebody was talking about that

Milamber

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don't insult me

Gangsta Smurf

must have been somebody else then ... could have sworn it was someone in here.