Sazar said:We can and do edit posts. I am not sure how productive locking someone out of a thread would be but its an idea. X or EP might be able to it I think since they have uber powah
Also you do have the power to negative rep someone who's being naughty :devious:
Steevo said:/pics up stone.
/skips it across lake......
Johnny said:Appearantly, people who like to spend thousands of dollars instead of looking around are diff than people who know that you don't need to spend that much money on a pc. Looks like the name does more than the cost or products ..
mooo said:right on ferral_imp, i can't wait.. really excited about it wanted it before my birthday but i don't think it will happen. Btw your check was mailed out yesterday so you should be getting it by friday at the latest.
Yea i got the p4 3.2, 1gig ram, 160gig hd, the upgraded display. So i am truly excited about it. I paid by debit card so I hope it goes fast. Its been 1 day now and still order is pending. I am going to call in the morning from work to see what is up.
madmatt said:You are comparing apples to oranges. His $5000 Alienware system is going to do far more than an $800 Dell PC. Just like my two $5000 HP servers with a $6500 MSA is going to do far more (such as running Exchange 2003 Enterprise in a Cluster; boy do I love it) than an $1800 Dell server.
Granted, Alienware is a brand like Ralph Lauren is a brand; you can go to Target and buy a pair of $20.00 jeans or you can spend $100.00 on a pair.
Another thing to consider is the fact that you pay $5000 for an Alienware system which the components cost $4000. You have to remember you are paying for labor as well.
I priced a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 (a few months ago) at $3500. For the exact same components and a similar looking case it would have cost me $2600. They make $900 on labor and other services (such as the extended warranty, support, etc.).
You're entitled to your opinion, just as Sazar is. However, don't compare apples to oranges and expect the end result to be the same.
It's being discussed. It might get limited to admins and moderators only. We'll see...kcnychief said:To an extent, I feel that the negative rep system should stay removed. I think it would discourage creative thinking, and if someone is in a bad mood they would just neg rep for no reason. Unless, however, that process is moderated before your rep is effected, then, maybe useful. Just my opinion....
NetRyder said:It's being discussed. It might get limited to admins and moderators only. We'll see...
Johnny said:That dell 9100 is a sweet system .. I love it . I might look into that for my next one. I like the design and color of it .. Plus, starting at 999.00 is pretty nice also ..
The 5100 is also ata drives, 9100 has sata .. The 9100 also has raid, that concurred me to it more than the 5100. Although, I like the smaller 5100 tower better. Then, by the time I get it, they might have sata2 with it ...Sazar said:Also check out the 5100 C model with the dual-core procs. Not available on the 5100 at the moment but certainly on the 5100 C.
ElementalDragon said:I agree with Son Goku..... much rather do the dirty work myself than pay for someone else to have it already done. not quite as satisfying. madmatt..... how do you get $1000 in labor charges?!??!? if a company charged that for ANY kind of labor, you could almost gurantee some sort of action against them. if anything HALF that would be labor, but i doubt even that much. most of what you're paying for is the Alienware name, and whatever "tweaks" they do to the system to make it run faster (reg tweaks anyone?). you can easily, and i quote EASILY make your own computer, or buy one from Dell or some other company, spend a whole lot less, and still get a pretty awesome performing computer. Just to prove it..... go to the Alienware website.... look at their desktop PC's. some of them have a "Compare your PC" option. they USED to have a lot more computers to test yours against, not just their top of the line and lower-end model. When they DID have more than 2 to compare to, i was able to compare my computer to the Aurora 7500 (Athlon 64 3800+, 1GB DDR400, SLI 6600GT), and what did that compareing option tell me? same thing the lower end model does. there was no performance increase between that Alienware system, and my current PC.