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Alienware versus Apple?

I limit the use of my system by choice, which saves me money and allows me to buy a whole bunch of other things I need for recording.

Actually most audio Pros that are still using Windows XP have their system
completely dedicated to DAW work.

Their workstation never goes online and nothing but essential software and drivers are installed.

Anyhoo, what ever toots your horn........
 
I'd take an Alienware SLI notebook 17" w/ dual 256 or 512mb video cards+ Turion 64 at 1.8 or 2.0GHz over a MacBook pro 17" w/ ATI radeon x1600 256mb and 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo

Why? Alienware is nicer, better for gaming(which i dont do much but its fun) and i overall like turion 64 processors better. The 133 FSB boost is nice too.
Oh also, a normal MacBook is enough.
 
I checked out their site and found one option which is intriguing to me:

Acoustic Dampening.

For $99 they install foam which apparently makes the thing quieter. As a longtime G4 MDD owner, I find the thought very attractive.
 
Alienware have always struck me as very tacky looking. Considering their price, and the their obvious design capabilities, i would have thought they would be able to produce cases which were a lot more slick and stylish rather than the over stated look which seems to want to target young teenagers.
 
Alienware VS. mac

lmao, its funny when people say that alienware is the equivalent to a mac, NOT SO, people i know have $6000 macs with 3 tarabites, but on the other hand people with alieware costom PC are running 6 terabites and quad hard drives and insane graphics cards, and ppl on this fourm say that alieware is the equivalent to a "normal mac" . lmao, people have alian ware laptops better than mac desktops. PC`s are better for gaming and alienware is as good as mac for editing. Tell me why nasa used alien ware unsted of Mac. :apple: = toys
 
Bought by Dell last year is not a good sign. A friend's son has an
Alienware laptop and has had a LOT of trouble with it....sent in 2 or 3 times.

At least they said they'd give him a new one if anymore trouble.
 
Alienware's look really cool, but they overcharge you too much
For the cost of a basic Alienware gaming computer, anybody could build a better rig themselves for less than half of what alienware would charge you
 
Alienware has a unique design that appeals to some, not to others. I would agree that its probably often a younger crowd... and they indeed are expensive. Then again, how many of us have paid the "Apple Tax?"
 
MacAnkka said:
I've never understood how Alienware can sell their computers for such high prices.
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How many people have said this, right or wrong, about Apple? I see black Macbooks all the time, proving that people are willing to pay for style. You might be baffled at how people could like the Alienware style, but equally many people have been baffled by others' attraction to computers which look like giant iPods (Macbook, iMac).

Then there's the fact that people are willing to pay for the perception that they are getting high-quality product, which is as arguable about as much of Apple's hardware as it is about Alienware's.
 
yadmonkey said:
I checked out their site and found one option which is intriguing to me:

Acoustic Dampening.

For $99 they install foam which apparently makes the thing quieter. As a longtime G4 MDD owner, I find the thought very attractive.
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I've heard that this is very bad for the computer's thermal environment; it basically acts as insulation and keeps heat from escaping the case.
 
DaiKirai said:
I've heard that this is very bad for the computer's thermal environment; it basically acts as insulation and keeps heat from escaping the case.
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That's interesting... I was wondering about exactly that. Still, I appreciate any attempt to make desktops more quiet. I may always be a little peeved at Apple for spending the past 5 years next to a computer which sounds like a hairdryer on max!
 
zioxide said:
Alienware is such a rip off. They take parts that you can buy for $1000, put them in an ugly ass Alienware case, and charge you $2500 for it.
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Apple is such a rip off. They take parts that you can buy for $1000, put them in and ugly a"· Apple case and charge you 3k+. :rolleyes:

I guess you could say that about any computer. I like Alienware. It's as high quality as Mac's, and if they copied the case design of Mac's as well, then everyone would buy it instead of Mac.:)
 
In Apple's defense, if you try to customize an Alienware notebook that would be equal to a MBP, you'll end up spending a few hundred dollars more on the system. I don't even think Alienware uses SR yet either.
 
killerrobot said:
It's as high quality as Mac's, and if they copied the case design of Mac's as well, then everyone would buy it instead of Mac.:)
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Umm sure.... if they suddenly got the rights and ability to put the integrated, unix based, non-evil, virusless/mostly crashless (atleast in my experience, i'm sure people can debate that) beauty that is OSX.....:p
 
baker999 said:
lmao, its funny when people say that alienware is the equivalent to a mac, NOT SO, people i know have $6000 macs with 3 tarabites, but on the other hand people with alieware costom PC are running 6 terabites and quad hard drives and insane graphics cards, and ppl on this fourm say that alieware is the equivalent to a "normal mac" . lmao, people have alian ware laptops better than mac desktops. PC`s are better for gaming and alienware is as good as mac for editing. Tell me why nasa used alien ware unsted of Mac. :apple: = toys
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NASA were to busy holding "LAN Parties" and pwnz0ring themselves.
If they were sensible, they would of bought Mac Pros and do some work.

Apple computers are not "toys", Apple's market is mature men and women.
Nuff said.
 
steamboat26 said:
Alienware's look really cool, but they overcharge you too much
For the cost of a basic Alienware gaming computer, anybody could build a better rig themselves for less than half of what alienware would charge you
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Ok, then do it. $5,000 will buy you an Alienware rig with basic specs:
Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz (OC'ed to 3.33)
Dual 768MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTX
2 gigs RAM
NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard
Vista Home Premium
2 10K RPM 160G SATA drives
20X Dual Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Burner

Your budget is $2500.
On just the processor, mobo, HD's, and videocards, newegg.com gives me:
Processor: 1445
Mobo: (lowest price is eVGA, but I assume they'd use ASUS or some other real brand) 146
HD's (newegg doesn't have 160GB, so I will use 150) Cheapest: 195x2
Video cards 517x2

Total for just these components = 3015, not counting RAM or optical drive or OS or anything else.
 
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