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Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: XtrmeJ on January 05, 2004, 08:42:09 PM

Getting a new puter soon. Thinking about Alienware, unless you bright guys have some sugestions :)

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Maniac on January 05, 2004, 08:43:18 PM

Pay my ticket and ill bring you a good computer.

:D

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Gyro/T69 on January 05, 2004, 08:43:40 PM

Build your own. It easy. :)

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: XtrmeJ on January 05, 2004, 08:46:28 PM

LOL Maniac. Maybe but anything I build should be the same as alienware eh hehe.

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Estes on January 05, 2004, 08:52:29 PM

I'll sell ya mine.. P-4 1.8 with a gig of ram and a Radeon 9600..

I'm tired of computers.

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: XtrmeJ on January 05, 2004, 08:54:27 PM

hmmm give me some more info on it in the squad forum estes :)

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: 10Bears on January 05, 2004, 10:47:56 PM

You oughta push that a little more Maniac, Jay lives in Keauhou estates.. one of the nicest neighborhoods on the Big Island.. very expensive homes. He is about 1.5 minutes from one of the most beautiful bays in the world and about 5 miles south of Kailua town home of Lulus.. best cheese steak sandwich west of California.

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Octavius on January 05, 2004, 10:49:40 PM

Wow 10b!

XJ!  Buddy!  Pal!  Buy ME a ticket and I'll donate my rig :D

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Tarmac on January 06, 2004, 12:51:10 AM

Start trying to fix your current computer.  Before long, you'll know the internal workings of a computer so well that you'll be able to build one.  :)

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: XtrmeJ on January 06, 2004, 01:00:21 AM

10bears! Hiya bud! Whenever your up in Kona town give me a ring we can meet up. LOL Tarmac I guess thats not a bad idea. I can explor the inner workings of this puter and sabotage it in the process (unintentionally) and I will know it all lol. Ill give it a go  :lol  anyhow more thoughts and opinions!

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Tarmac on January 06, 2004, 01:18:46 AM

It's how I learned how to build computers -- by upgrading and fixing my out-of-the-box HP.  The one I built afterwards went together without a hitch.  

And I'd shop around for a local computer company to build it to spec, or maybe get one of those custom-ordered ones from mwave.com.  Since you're in Hawaii, getting an Alienware serviced could be a huge pain in the ass.  Whoever you buy from, make sure you can get it serviced on the island.  

All of this assumes you know what you want in the computer.  There are plenty of people here who can tell you what parts to buy.  Then just put it together yourself, or get it put together at a local shop or by Mwave.

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: XtrmeJ on January 06, 2004, 02:08:11 AM

thanks tarmac ill check out that sight. Id rather choose what I want and have it built for me. Alienware seems like a sweet puter but u are right on the service. Maybe building really is the way to go.

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: AKWeav on January 06, 2004, 06:19:35 AM

Buying Alienware is paying for a name. You can have one built with the same specs for half the price.

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: XtrmeJ on January 06, 2004, 07:18:11 AM

bute the question is where AKweav. Don't know much about the puter world so i need some sites to visit. I know all the good hardwear and such but need a site to build one. Let me know

Title: Good Puters - Alienware?
Post by: Eagler on January 06, 2004, 08:02:14 AM

just don't walk into the car dealership and tell them you have $450 a month and you want a new car :)

You gotta know what you what/need before you start shopping and what the going rate is on those parts.

I'll start it off:

Video card: ATI 9800 Pro about $350

Ram: A gig of whatever your new mboard will hold