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Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron $800 vs Alienware X14 $1800
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:00:06 -0000 (UTC)
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Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote at 17:05 this Saturday (GMT):
> On 2/20/2025 1:21 PM, Tahitian pearl wrote:
>> Not much improvement here because the X14 appears to be an entry level 
>> offering.  I didn't realize this when I bought it because I was fooled 
>> by the Alienware brand.  The Inspiron has 12 GB of RAM.  My bet is that 
>> if they put real fans in it, then it would blow the X14 away.
>> 
>> Plan on overspending if you want Alienware.  The clerk tried to get me 
>> to buy a $3400 version of the Alienware, and if I knew they were going 
>> to give me a line of $3000 credit like they did I would have taken him 
>> up on the offer.  I felt pretty let down by the X14, but fortunately it 
>> took a bullet for me.
>
> I never buy brand name computers.  They're either absolute junk in 
> proprietary cases you can't put upgrades in or cost almost 2x as much as 
> they should, or both.  Either build your own or part and buy from a 
> custom maker.


Yeah, if a computer brand spends so much on marketing, there's probably
something up with the product

this goes for all computer companies APPLE
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