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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177285 is a reply to message #177284] |
Tue, 01 November 2005 16:27 |
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Dave Mason
Messages: 2357 Registered: April 2004 Location: Shropshire, England
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Don't do it, Alienware is a rip off.
Buy the parts and build it yourself.
www.myspace.com/midas
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177308 is a reply to message #177285] |
Tue, 01 November 2005 19:08 |
icedog90
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DJM wrote on Tue, 01 November 2005 15:27 | Don't do it, Alienware is a rip off.
Buy the parts and build it yourself.
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I hate how a LOT of people tend to think that Alienware is God with computer performance.
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177532 is a reply to message #177284] |
Wed, 02 November 2005 17:00 |
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Dave Mason
Messages: 2357 Registered: April 2004 Location: Shropshire, England
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I wish I had the money for an alienware computer, then I could buy all the parts for a better computer, cheaper.
I mean for the price of an alienware you could build your own kickass computer.
www.myspace.com/midas
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177533 is a reply to message #177284] |
Wed, 02 November 2005 17:07 |
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spazbeast
Messages: 199 Registered: November 2004
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As I said I like the way they look. If I wasnt so lazy i would buy a tower that looks like the ALX and buy it to build my own.But my stepfather is filthy rich so its just another toy to him. He helped me with the buying of it.I actually only saved about 1300 dollars and he paid the rest but for a 15 year old I think I did pretty well (I dont even have a job)!! ( I had to do work for him to earn up the amount he paid)
Specs
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4600+ with HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Windows XP professional
1 year warranty
Dual 256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GT - SLI Enabled
1GB Low-Latency Dual Channel DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS High Definition 7.1 Surround Firewire
I like CRT Monitors dont laugh. 19" Silver
Non-wireless Mouse and Keyboard.
Got my own sound system I can hook up through computer. made by RCA
Conpriracy Blue colour
Total cost $2,923.00
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177538 is a reply to message #177284] |
Wed, 02 November 2005 17:31 |
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Blazer
Messages: 3322 Registered: February 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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The most expensive computers I have seen are the go-l ones (http://www.go-l.com/home/index.htm). I once speced out a PC there that was $40,000 lol. They have some really awesome custom laptops too, and crazy shit like RAID arrays of non-mechanical hard disks (PureRAM)
Quote: | Introducing the first desktop computer configurable WITHOUT a system hard drive. The Operating system and system files reside on a PuRam™ solid state flash disk with near zero latency and seek times, and burst transfer rates up to 8.5GB/s I/O, capable of over 150,000 I/O requests per second, all with an average of 0.0% CPU utilization. This translates into an effective desktop business productivity of up to 100 times faster than the fastest available hard disk design at any price or configuration. These are non-volatile units just like a regular hard drive with a permanent storage cycle. There are no more virtual memory or swap file delays (since now they are as fast as RAM) and there are no more System Disk Defrags (memory is random so it does not need defragging). Windows boots-up in seconds, load your games and apps in seconds, and start any program virtually instantly. Also moving, copying, or working on large files has literally no slow-down affect in the blistering fast computing speed. Furthermore, PuRam™ Drives are extremely resistant to shock, vibration and temperature variations, while providing unprecedented performance and superior durability. Allied to our CacheFlow™ technology, the PuRam™ Drives give your audio, video, CAD, graphic, gaming, industrial or scientific applications the most, compelling and unmatched data through output speeds. Absolutely like no other.
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Even the lowest model go-l computers put Alienware stuff to shame, it's like comparing a Ford Pinto and the Space Shuttle.
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177540 is a reply to message #177538] |
Wed, 02 November 2005 17:35 |
Kanezor
Messages: 855 Registered: February 2005 Location: Sugar Land, TX, USA
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Blazer wrote on Wed, 02 November 2005 19:31 | crazy shit like RAID arrays of non-mechanical hard disks (PureRAM)
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177563 is a reply to message #177284] |
Wed, 02 November 2005 19:11 |
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rm5248
Messages: 1156 Registered: November 2003 Location: USA
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Probably the most interesting computer design that I've ever seen is at Cybernet. One of their models is a computer inside a keyboard, the other is a computer inside a monitor. It doesn't take up much room, though heat might be a problem. =/ And I don't think that the computers are extremely powerful either. You win some, you loose some.
w00t?
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Re: Finally!!!! [message #177570 is a reply to message #177533] |
Wed, 02 November 2005 19:47 |
icedog90
Messages: 3483 Registered: April 2003
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spazbeast wrote on Wed, 02 November 2005 16:07 | As I said I like the way they look. If I wasnt so lazy i would buy a tower that looks like the ALX and buy it to build my own.But my stepfather is filthy rich so its just another toy to him. He helped me with the buying of it.I actually only saved about 1300 dollars and he paid the rest but for a 15 year old I think I did pretty well (I dont even have a job)!! ( I had to do work for him to earn up the amount he paid)
Specs
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4600+ with HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Windows XP professional
1 year warranty
Dual 256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GT - SLI Enabled
1GB Low-Latency Dual Channel DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS High Definition 7.1 Surround Firewire
I like CRT Monitors dont laugh. 19" Silver
Non-wireless Mouse and Keyboard.
Got my own sound system I can hook up through computer. made by RCA
Conpriracy Blue colour
Total cost $2,923.00
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Yeah, definitely could of gotten that through some place like Newegg $1,000 cheaper.
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