like slow said its just that Alienware have a reputation of cool looking, poweful computers…if you could buy a dell with the exact same specs as an alienware pc then you’d be paying a lot less.
I have a feeling that Dell have bought them to improve the name of their XPS - which is very good but obviously alienware are well known for the gaming pcs and recently notebooks
I’d say they mainly got into that elite status with their cases. Who wouldn’t want one of those sweet looking cases, especially back when everything else what that drab off-white color.
cases were pretty much the only things i didn’t like about alienware PC’s… and the prices too. that’s just not omething you want in your room, unless it’s fulfilled with empty pizzaboxes and coke cans…
Personally, I’m glad to see them join. Both are very good companies and they can only make things better. Dell sells quality machines, I’ve heard they cut corners on budget machines, which is perfectly understandable considering a low income family would never need a fully clocked 7900. If you look at their midrange and high end lines, those things are rock solid.
Ok I’ll give you that. They do make good top quality machines. I don’t agree completly with the midranges but thats ok. I live close to a Dell plant so everyone in my city has em, I can’t stand them. I fear that they will start making alienware low end machines, for marketing reasons.
But yeah if they keep it high end there probably won’t be a whole lot of difference.
Dell has some big pact with Intel which is probably why they haven’t gone AMD. But, now with Alienware, that is their in to AMD. Sell Alienware with AMD and Dell with Intel.
Alienware is overrated IMO. A dell comp with the same specs as an Alienware has minimal differences in performance wise. (This says nothing of the visual aspect but…)
Alienware created their image of elite through marketing, whereas Dell created an image of a computer that everyone can find a use for… I view the merger as median-creation between extremes.
I have to agree with Vexir. Performance wise, there isn’t much of a difference. As for AMD processors… well, we really can’t tell what they are going to do. I have a feeling it will be intel for the average consumer computer and AMD for the higher end ones, but that’s all just a guess. Another thing to keep in mind is that processor speeds change all the time. Once in a galaxy far far away, Intel used to be the leading chip producer.
You’re right. This old IBM I have has an AMD 64 processor. When we bought it, nothing was AMD comptaible, I’d get so pissed. Everything wanted pentium.
Currently the high end Dell model can easily outperform an Alienware, my laptop when compared with my friends alienware owned it every possible way. I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 with Intel Core Duo 2.16 GHz, 2 GB DDR2-RAM at 667 MHz, 160 GB Perpendicular HD 10,000 RPM, nVidia 7900 go dual GPU card. This computer kicked a AMD with some processor, clocked at 2 cores at 3 GHz, 120 GB HD, 1 GB RAM, nVidia 7800 go, single GPU, but the difference is I paid $2000, and my friend paid $4,459. Yet in a game of Halo my PC didn’t lag and had a 50 fps, compared to his 33.4 fps. Quake 4 running at 34 fps, compared to his 12 fps, Time to boot: mine 15 seconds, his 35 seconds. Dell offers outstanding computers at great prices, AMD’s suck, even though they are gaining, they are only good if you have a server. So yeah, Alienware is in reality just a big RIP OFF!!!
Oessmartkid, you gota do some research son. The reason you’re outperforming him is simply because his computer is older than yours. It’s all about relativity. Also, lag is caused by internet connection, not computer’s fault. One last thing, I have a hard time believing Halo will only run at 30sfps on a Nvidia 7 series.