I am in the market for a new laptop. My first stop was Dell, because I have an old Inspiron 3800 and have loved it. It has held up to some very hard abuse. However, after having thrown it across the room like a frisbee twice and punched the keyboard four or five times hard enough to send keys flying all over the place, It is time for a new one.

So I go to Dell.com and the website will not let me order one. It keeps messing up and saying that there is an error when I go to put the built system in my cart. So I write them to let them know that the website is not working and I start shopping around to see what else I can find.

I go to Sony, IBM, HP, and a few others. Then I end up on CNET and see the Alienware reveiws. I go and build a m5750. The price for it comes to around $2300. Fully built, nice and fast. 17inch display, all the bells and whistles.

So now we are at the point in the post where I ask:

Do any of you guys or girls have one? How does it work? How is their Customer Support? Would you recommend bying one?

 

Hmmmmm............get a mac book pro instead, lots more potential there......and yah if you wanna run Vista you might as well spring for Alienware cuz anything less prolly won't run that POS Copycat Operating System. Yah I'm a decicated Mac lover for good reasons. I don't wanna start a debate though. Just my two cents.

 

Alienware are extremely overpriced for what you get, and I'm pretty sure they're now owned by Dell anyway.

I'd also recommend the Apple MBP, were rated best value for the 15" and 17" portable market this year by consumer reports

 

Alienware is the s*** gamer wise, just cause you can say you boot an alienware every day. I agree though, overpriced

 

alienware. overrated. overpriced.

macbook pro pwnz joo foo.

 

Thanks for the info guys!!!

I got the Dell site to work this morning and ordered it. It shoudl be here by Wed. Again thats for the help guys, and girls!!!!

Here are the highlights from the specs:

Inspiron E1705, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA
2GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X 1400 HyperMemory
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Integrated High Definition Audio
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Primary Battery
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery

 

Ya man alein ware is amazing for games its intense my dad has one in his office it intese... you get what you pay for.

 

good choice, you'll love it

 

HP dv9000t


Operating System FREE Upgrade to Genuine Windows XP Media Center!!

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0 GHz)

Display 17.0" WXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1440x900)

Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600

Personalization FREE Upgrade: HP Imprint Finish/Microphone/Webcam

Memory FREE Upgrade to 1024MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Hard Drive 160GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (80GB x 2)

Primary CD/DVD Drive HD DVD ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer

Networking Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control

Primary Battery High Capacity 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery


Price: $1900 and of course you can remove those bold features to reduce price

 

Already order the Dell. Read Above. Thanks anyway.