Good Deal?

[Noix]

My friend wants a laptop for uni for photoshop and video editing. He found the alienware R2 with a discount which he can also add a student discount with of 15%. He asked me if it was a good deal and I wanted to check with you guys since you know a lot more then me. Any advice or better laptop for around £900?

 

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/alienware-15-r2/pd?oc=rnu71a15202p&model_id=alienware-15-r2

[pwn_intended]

I don't know UK pricing at all, but I feel like you could find something with a 10-series NVidia gpu for that money. Alienware tend to be fairly overpriced IMHO.

[Noix]

Just now, pwn_intended said:

I don't know UK pricing at all, but I feel like you could find something with a 10-series NVidia gpu for that money. Alienware tend to be fairly overpriced IMHO.

A 10 series gpu is normaly over 1000 and is his price range is under 900.

[pwn_intended]

2 minutes ago, Noix said:

A 10 series gpu is normaly over 1000 and is his price range is under 900.

Ah, well the laptop you linked is a good one. I know I have seen 1060 equipped MSI laptops in Canada for under the $1500 CAD mark (903 Pound sterling) but we have some weird pricing over here. And I know that you guys get raped with VAT.

[Noix]

3 hours ago, pwn_intended said:

Ah, well the laptop you linked is a good one. I know I have seen 1060 equipped MSI laptops in Canada for under the $1500 CAD mark (903 Pound sterling) but we have some weird pricing over here. And I know that you guys get raped with VAT.

yeah VAT is a b*tch 

[Pendragon]

12 hours ago, Noix said:

My friend wants a laptop for uni for photoshop and video editing. He found the alienware R2 with a discount which he can also add a student discount with of 15%. He asked me if it was a good deal and I wanted to check with you guys since you know a lot more then me. Any advice or better laptop for around £900?

That's a decent price tag for it.