Alienware Laptop

[Nuerotik]

Ok im sure this is old news but i like to get all aspects and reviews before i just jump into making a "major purchase." I own a Toshiba Laptop P105 S6114 which is great for all my music and what-not and below in my signature you can see my desktop, not a bad rig really reliable a couple of hiccups in the past but a good rig, i have been eyeballing the Alienware Area 51 m9750 17 in laptop all the reviews I've read or watched are all in high recommendation of it i was just wondering if anyone here has ever owned one, any feed back would be great thanks

Here's all the details

Product Name: Alienware Area 51 m9750 Gaming Laptop
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz
Motherboard: Intel 945PM + ICH7M Express Chipset
Memory: 2048MB PC5300 667Mhz DDR2
Hard Disk: 160GB SATA-150 7200 RPM
Optical Drive 1: 8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Sound: High-Definition Audio with 7.1 Surround Sound
Speaker: Built-in Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer
VideoCard: Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 512MB
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Lan Card: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n)
Card Reader: 4-in-1 Memory Card Reader

Weight: 8.5 lbs.
Dimensions: Height: 1.5 in. - Width: 15.65 in. - Depth: 11.75
Display : 17 in. Wide Screen WUXGA 1920 x 1200 with Clearview

[Caillech]

how much?

[Nuerotik]

Well thats the fun part its a service that finances military, i realize through financing i will overpay i understand that, but as for know it is still a work in process as to how much i know its $209 a month but i dont know for how many months.

[Nuerotik]

ridiculous amounts of money way more then anyone should ever pay scratch this post sorry if i wasted anybody time with this post to ridiculous way to much money

[trueplaya4ever8]

ridiculous amounts of money way more then anyone should ever pay scratch this post sorry if i wasted anybody time with this post to ridiculous way to much money

Please... no worries man. We are here to help not to make you feel unwelcome. :beer:

[Nuerotik]

Thanks man i appreciate it i kinda got my hopes up a bit to me owning an alienware is kinda like a dream same with the Dell XPS 1750 and when they told me $209 a month for 30 months i told them they were insane, but again thank you

[EchoTheDolphin]

Just a quick note, Alienware systems are highly overpriced. You can often get the equivalent even in a more rugged enterprise-version system for generally 200-300$ less.

[OldSkool]

Hey I used to have the same aspiration..........before I realized how overrated they are ;) Don't get me wrong, outwardly, they are amazing looking computers, but on the inside, they aren't that impressive at all. Now, I know we are talkin about a laptop but the same still applies, you are paying more for the name than anything.

But hey, if that's what you want, I wish you the best of luck in getting on on the cheap ;)

[Nuerotik]

well i do agree they are overpriced but i think the aspiration died i have been eyeballing th dell XPS for about 3 yrs, any input on that would be great thank all

[custom90gt]

what are you looking to do? What size screen would you like?

[Nuerotik]

Just a quick note, Alienware systems are highly overpriced. You can often get the equivalent even in a more rugged enterprise-version system for generally 200-300$ less.


Could i get some examples ie... websites so i could start looking around thanks

[Nuerotik]

what are you looking to do? What size screen would you like?


17" screen for sure and something to dedicate to gaming and gaming only games like Bioshock, Assassins Creed, Hellgate London, and so forth, I cant afford at this exact moment but i am looking around and comparing trying to get the best bang for my buck, and buy hopefully in a few months

[EchoTheDolphin]

Could i get some examples ie... websites so i could start looking around thanks

I'm always partial to business grade, that being what I sell primarily in larger orders :)

I'd take a look at lenovo's W series thinkpad which I'm most partial to. Others you might consider is dell's vostro and latitude line.

From what I understand Dell's studio line is also very good, maybe a little more hardy than the XPS but I don't have much data on them.

[custom90gt]

The best bang for the buck in a 17" laptop is the Gateway 7811 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8892825&st=7811&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1211587727985). The price drops down to 1249 every so often. It actually blows the Alienware out of the water for a lot less money.

[Nuerotik]

ok great thanks i will go and look around at them i appreciate all the help thanks again to all