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From: George Musk <grgmusk@skiff.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron $800 vs Alienware X14 $1800
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 12:51:24 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:05:19 -0800, Justisaur wrote:

> 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.

It's different with notebooks.
"Building your own" is... complicated (well there's mntre.com).
If you want very good notebook it's usually brand name and their business/
workstation line, like in case of Dell it could be Latitude/Precision,
but buying Precision for gaming is costly of course. MSI makes good "gaming"
notebooks.