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spikeyjoey
10-01-2006, 09:51 AM
im looking for a new laptop.. i managed to find a sweet alienware for £1440 (thats english pounds, so think around the region of $2300) but today i found an aeoncraft laptop of very similar power for about $1500.. they dont ship to ireland but i could just set up one of those shipping account thingys.. what im wondering though is, is it too good to be true? (obviosly alienware should be able to justify being more expensive, besides better looks, and iv heard stories of companies, e.g ibuypower, being fairly crap, so im a bit wary of chosing them over someone more "name brand")
son^>
10-01-2006, 10:17 AM
its probally real, alienware's overrated..they cost a little to much..but they've got great cases.
Trickeralex
10-01-2006, 10:20 AM
www.rockdirect.co.uk
spikeyjoey
10-01-2006, 01:10 PM
www.rockdirect.co.uk

yeah i checked them.. including VAT theyr still £100 more expensive than the alienware
Henkie
10-01-2006, 01:48 PM
Why would you want a gaminglaptop? I mean, you're always held back by the fact that you have a crappy mouse, internet-access can be a pain in the lower back-region and it's more expensive than a Desktop...
spikeyjoey
10-01-2006, 02:31 PM
Why would you want a gaminglaptop? I mean, you're always held back by the fact that you have a crappy mouse, internet-access can be a pain in the lower back-region and it's more expensive than a Desktop...

by the crappy mouse i presume you mean the touchpad? thats why you buy a decent USB mouse, sure it pricey, but you dont have to pay for a moniter and keyboard like on a desktop..my internet access is fine.. (we have a wireless router so having a laptop means i can have it in every room)..and since im going o college soon anyway, id need a laptop for then, so why buy a gaming desktop on top of that?
Knave
10-01-2006, 04:29 PM
bah, laptops at college are over rated. And I hate the keyboards on laptops. Also upgrading a laptop is harder than a regular pc. thats just me though :)
Trickeralex
10-01-2006, 04:29 PM
yeah i checked them.. including VAT theyr still £100 more expensive than the alienware


really ?? what are you getting, i'm up for getting a gaming and video editing laptop really soon, and i don't have to pay VAT, what are you looking at ?? and should we wait a little longer if theres any new technologies coming out ??
spikeyjoey
10-02-2006, 02:14 PM
really ?? what are you getting, i'm up for getting a gaming and video editing laptop really soon, and i don't have to pay VAT, what are you looking at ?? and should we wait a little longer if theres any new technologies coming out ??


nah i want it for gaming now, im doing classes for college but they only take up 6 hours of my week, but i cant juggle by job around it :( ..so when i quit, ill want something to do (TV is evil btw) besides, iv wanted to play WOW for a while now :)

The laptop i was looking at was an alienware M550 with duo 2.0GHz processer at 4mb cache, 2Gb RAM, and nVidea 256mb go 7600 (i kinda wanted a 512 but its no biggy)
howd you get away with no VAT???
Trickeralex
10-02-2006, 03:31 PM
my mums work so she can but it through that and get like some tax return thing at the end of the year.
spikeyjoey
10-02-2006, 04:16 PM
my mums work so she can but it through that and get like some tax return thing at the end of the year.


yeah my friend did that.. i have no one really close enough to me though that owns a business, and could you justify having an alienware for business? :P
Trickeralex
10-02-2006, 04:42 PM
haha, thats why i'm thinking of going for rock + rock is like covered for 3 years but i'm not too sure on if there is any new technology out recently that i should be waiting for or anything.
spikeyjoey
10-03-2006, 12:39 PM
haha, thats why i'm thinking of going for rock + rock is like covered for 3 years but i'm not too sure on if there is any new technology out recently that i should be waiting for or anything.

If your putting off buying pc for new technologys you could be waiting indefinately