05-20-2007, 10:37 PM
Dell, Compaq... its like the difference between ford or chevy. All the people that have problems with these thing never tell you the real story. Like I dropped it, spilled pop on it, deleted a dll file. Alienware is nice but if you want a rockin machine your gonna pay for it. Other then that their just like the rest, just overpriced. I personally would buy a lesser known machine like Acer or something, just due to never hearing about bad things and their pretty cheap for the same exact machine that HP or Compaq would offer. Check out Newegg.com or Tigerdirect.com. They sell some pretty cheap (affordable) machines. And theres 2 tigerdirect stores in illinios that you could just go and pick up without having to pay for shipping, though there is tax, unlike Newegg. Just remeber EVERYTHING is made with the same parts. For example: an alienware will have the same processor, memory, hard drive as everyone else, the case just has a different name on it. Now before the disagreements start about everything having the same stuff, Do you really thing alienware has there own manufacturing plant(for hard parts not computer building)? Or anyone else for that matter? Its not cost effective, everything comes from china or similar, and just has a different sticker put on it. Also check Cnet for reveiws. Do your homework any you wont be left in the cold.