Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron $800 vs Alienware X14 $1800 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:00:06 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:06 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="76d20b9c002af70918af15bca4c02a66"; logging-data="1574486"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ctvPmpqnExHKNTOYKXrwArzU6Eg9mfEzAXUo5YoHIkQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:mUrd6Slvewu/R7EXx2vPJbED6z4= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] 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 -- user is generated from /dev/urandom