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gustav said:well would you want to build your own car and know every part thats under the hood? i dont think so. to some people computers are as complicated as cars. they just dont want to deal with the problems. like said above, they just want to press the power button and have it work. dont tell me you dont know people like this because most people are this way. why do you think dell is so popular? they dont provide the elusive rigs that alienware provides, but they provide a machine that works (most of the time) without any trouble. the common person doesnt want to take the time to learn how to build a rig and deal with the problems that arrise.
while this is opinion, its not a very good point. there are car enthusiests who want fast, souped up, tricked out car but dont want to do the work themselves, there are shops that will build them their dream car, but again for a price. a high performance computer is the same way. some people want it but dont want to deal with building it. so places like alienware step in and do it for them for a price. is it overpriced? depends on who you are. to us, who do the work ourselves and can save the money yes it is overpriced. to someone who wants it and is willing to pay for it, no it may not be overpriced to them.
why arent they going out of business? because there is a market. like customizing cars for celebrities or company CEO's, there is a market of people who have the money to pay for it, but dont have the time or patience to learn how to do it.
I agree there is a market for these systems, I also think that the "exclusivity" issue you mentioned enters into the equation. Seriously, you can outfit a Falcon NW system that'll run you 10G's, that's ludicrous for a gaming system. Yes, some people just want to open the box, plug it in, and start "computing", but how these guys suck people into paying so much for a system leads me to this conclusion: "exclusivity" and "bragging rights", nothing else.
Yes, top of the line systems, of that there's no doubt, but they are not worth what's being charged for them. This works everywhere in the sales and marketing of products, here in Canada I can buy a pair of Levi's jeans at WalMart for $30. The exact same pair of Levi's jeans at Sear's is $80. Okay, I save $50 buying them at WalMart, but I don't have the "exclusivity" of carrying them home in a Sear's bag, I have to "ghetto" them home in a WalMart bag.
I figure any gamer that buys one of these systems has too much money too spend, they're loaded, and want an Alienware or Falcon NW system as a status symbol to show to their rich friends. Just my opinion, and we all know that opinions are like *ssholes, everybody has one.