What's your reaction when people recommend alienware?

[Ahokas99]

im ready for the shitstorm!

 

i own a alienware x51......;D

 

i got it because i didn't know anything about computers (at that time, it was a long time ago)  and wanted to just game.

and i like the looks of my x51 sitting on next to my monitor glowing and stuff+ its small...(like linus i too prefer small fe.. pc's?)

[Johnny K.]

I dont take something like that too seriously, i just laugh and then proceed to convince them otherwise..

[GoodBytes]

im ready for the shitstorm!

 

i own a alienware x51......;D

 

i got it because i didn't know anything about computers (at that time, it was a long time ago)  and wanted to just game.

and i like the looks of my x51 sitting on next to my monitor glowing and stuff+ its small...(like linus i too prefer small fe.. pc's?)

Good! There is no shame. People think that everyone can be super knowledgeable about computer, like if it was genuinely easy. It isn't. There is HUGE amount of things to know about. It takes a long time, time that many people prefer to invest in something else.

TO me, it's like a building contractor or civil engineer say to people: Building a small house is easy. You can do it yourself! Just know some management knowledge, and hire the right companies and they'll install each step properly. You'll save huge amount of money! No it is not easy. They are big complications that can arrived and you should know what to do (the same way a computer not work), you need to know the product your are using are genuinely good and compatible with the material you are using. You have a lot of complications with the soil, and which action to take. and what to do. Sure3 a PC is drastically cheaper and smaller and easier to handle. But it doesn't make it easy.

[Jamdog]

Well, If you think an alienware is bad for gaming - this will make you want to kill yourself.

Somebody told their mother that an alienware 14 was a really powerful computer and got her to buy it. The sad thing is that she will probably think that she spent her money wisely when she can open her emails faster; never realising that an ssd was all she needed.

[KRImSIN]

This is my reaction.

[DaedalusOS]

Its like the wrong thing in the bad part of town... You're going to get jumped...

 

Anyone that mentions purchasing a new PC and mentions Alienware, I immediately interrupt them, and tell them to build their own PC. Even if you've never built one before, its really not that hard.

[asim1999]

Well, If you think an alienware is bad for gaming - this will make you want to kill yourself.

Somebody told their mother that an alienware 14 was a really powerful computer and got her to buy it. The sad thing is that she will probably think that she spent her money wisely when she can open her emails faster; never realising that an ssd was all she needed.

I love OSFirstTimer, it proves that parents know next to nothing about tech (mostly) 

[ReaverM1]

While building a pc is wiser I own an Alienware 17 r5 before egpu dock and let me be the first to tell you its fast. Definitely over priced but well worth it for the non soldered versions. I have 2 generation to upgrade all components you would in a desktop minus not having m.2 or newer Ethernet card. People  that can't afford it will talk crap and that which can will tell you its not a waste. Clevo/Sager might be $50-100 cheaper. 

[airdeano]

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