Laptop dilemma

Uncensored2008

Uncensored2008

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So, I'm going to get an Alienware laptop.

Two basic choices, 1st is the 14" A little smaller than I like, but in the range. A 250GB SSD BUT no 1080P. The other is the 17" - bigger than I really want, but everything else is perfect, including a RAID 0 on hybrid drives

Option 1.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 2760QM 2.4GHz (3.5GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English

WIRELESS CARDS Intel® Wireless-N WiFi Link 1000 a/g/n 1x2

MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz edit

VIDEO CARD 1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus™ technology

HARD DRIVE 256GB Solid State Drive SATA 3Gb/s

LCD PANEL 14.0" High Def+ (900p/1600x900) with WLED backlight

SYSTEM COLOR Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish

ALIENFX COLOR Mars Red

PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed

$2,174


Option 2

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 2760QM 2.4GHz (3.5GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit
Memory
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (4DIMMS) edit
Video Card
1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M edit
Hard Drive
1TB Raid 0 (2x 500GB Hybrid Solid State Drives) edit
Display Panel
17.3-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED edit
Wireless
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 edit
WirelessHD
None edit
Optical Drives
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) edit
PERSONALIZE
System Color
Alienware M17x, Soft Touch Nebula Red edit
Nameplate
Personalized Plate [XXXXXX] edit
AlienFX
Quasar Blue edit
Alien Wallpaper
Alienhead 3D edit
Pre-Installed Software
Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed edit

$2,573

Any opinions?
 
Trajan said:
as long as you get it without vista, you're ahead of the game so to speak.
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I am getting it with Vista - Vista R2, AKA Windows 7.

I'll set it for dual boot to some flavor of Linux, I always do. With a terabyte of disk on the big one, it isn't a problem to carve out a partition for Mint or Kubuntu. Gnome has gotten so Mac like that it turns me off, I like KDE better. I always considered the Windows GUI to vastly superior to Mac. Gnome is cloning the Mac look and (sluggish) feel these days.
 
The digital age has left men's nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on semen, laptops and wireless connections.
In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a few drops under a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and then hit download.

Four hours later, the semen was, eh, well-done. :eek:

Wifi-enabled laptops may be nuking sperm - Health - Men's health - msnbc.com
 
MeBelle60 said:
The digital age has left men's nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on semen, laptops and wireless connections.
In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a few drops under a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and then hit download.

Four hours later, the semen was, eh, well-done. :eek:

Wifi-enabled laptops may be nuking sperm - Health - Men's health - msnbc.com
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LOL

I'm an old man, I have 5 grand children - not real worried about sperm count.
 
Uncensored2008 said:
So, I'm going to get an Alienware laptop.

Two basic choices, 1st is the 14" A little smaller than I like, but in the range. A 250GB SSD BUT no 1080P. The other is the 17" - bigger than I really want, but everything else is perfect, including a RAID 0 on hybrid drives

Option 1.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 2760QM 2.4GHz (3.5GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English

WIRELESS CARDS Intel® Wireless-N WiFi Link 1000 a/g/n 1x2

MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz edit

VIDEO CARD 1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus™ technology

HARD DRIVE 256GB Solid State Drive SATA 3Gb/s

LCD PANEL 14.0" High Def+ (900p/1600x900) with WLED backlight

SYSTEM COLOR Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish

ALIENFX COLOR Mars Red

PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed

$2,174


Option 2

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 2760QM 2.4GHz (3.5GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit
Memory
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (4DIMMS) edit
Video Card
1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M edit
Hard Drive
1TB Raid 0 (2x 500GB Hybrid Solid State Drives) edit
Display Panel
17.3-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED edit
Wireless
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 edit
WirelessHD
None edit
Optical Drives
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) edit
PERSONALIZE
System Color
Alienware M17x, Soft Touch Nebula Red edit
Nameplate
Personalized Plate [XXXXXX] edit
AlienFX
Quasar Blue edit
Alien Wallpaper
Alienhead 3D edit
Pre-Installed Software
Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed edit

$2,573

Any opinions?
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Yea I hate you !!! :eusa_angel:

Sniff I want the 17 inch one but am too cheapass to pay that much for a computer hehe..

But go 17inch ... it is an alienware, it has to be big and powerful. If you want small, thin and light then go for one of the many ultra books coming out (just stay clear of Mac Book Airs). Lenovo, Asus and Acer have some nice looking ultrabooks.. pricey but good.

Good luck on your choice :)
 
#2 pero.......Option Douger is mo bettah. Load it with Linux Mint 10 ( Julia).
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyCETOfy0eI]Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 vs Dell Latitude E6400 XFR - YouTube[/ame]
 
More Apple bashing, what a surprise from gamer kids. I'm stuck with windows at work..... what a pathetic joke it is.
 
 
I've got the Studio XPS 1645 and have been quite happy with it, especially after working out a couple of annoying bugs (Thanks R05) :)

i7 CPU Q720 @ 1.60Ghz

It's a couple of years old. I'm sure they're cheaper now

Ringle those links don't seem to work
 
sitarro said:
More Apple bashing, what a surprise from gamer kids. I'm stuck with windows at work..... what a pathetic joke it is.
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What Apple bashing?

I'll bash them now that you brought it up, Apple sucks as a company, Sergy Brin of Google is right - Apple defines evil.

That said, I don't do the fanboy thing. I like to play with lot's of OS's. I'll probably go with Mint as the secondary OS this time, just because I haven't used it and it gets good press. I know Kubuntu is good, but I should learn something new.
 
Ringel05 said:
Personally I wouldn't buy an Alienware when Dell (The maker of Alienware) has comparable systems for much less, but that's just me.


XPS 17 - L702X


http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?rn=3201&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22&PLikeId=1_950016_1_493005_1_953008_1_207565_1_475016_1_425891_1_953007_&Flag=1

XPS 15 - L502X


http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?rn=6548&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22&PLikeId=1_906007_1_491999_1_933008_1_211364_1_475016_1_425891_1_933007_&Flag=1
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I did that last year, my current laptop is an XPS 16 - but this time the price difference isn't that much.
 
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