Alienware laptops compared to Macbook pros.

[kyrax12]

Much more important that you figure out what OS you want to run first. And how portable you want it to be.

OS doesn't really matter to me. I ran both OS before.

 

[sdifox]

OS doesn't really matter to me. I ran both OS before.

You can get a pretty nice windows laptop for the price of a mbp

 

[kyrax12]

You can get a pretty nice windows laptop for the price of a mbp

What brand is good?

 

[sdifox]

What brand is good?

More of a model thing. are you looking for desktop replacement or something you are going to actually lug around alot?


this is a 17" 4th gen i7

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-17r-5737/pd?oc=dncwv564h&model_id=inspiron-17r-5737


the XPS 15 is nice too
http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-15-l521x/pd

 

[Zodiark1593]

It takes a tech novice to compare Alienware and Apple machines. Alienware is heavily gaming oriented, providing superior GPU performance for a lower price range than other classes, and a cooling system better built for lengthy gaming sessions. As a result of pushing higher performance, battery life often suffers, but due to features like Optimus and Speedstep, is still very useable on battery. Weight is considered on a per-person basis. While many mid-range laptops are not really heavy, the cooling solutions often push weight somewhat higher than the average laptop.

The Macbook Pro on the other hand (15" Retina Model), is closer to the jack of all trades. For many users, the excellent balance of parts, weight, and battery life make this a workable laptop for most scenarios, including occasional heavy use and even light gaming. However, if you have a regular use for compute power (3d rendering, heavy gaming, etc), the rMBP is a rather poor choice due to it's pricing, lack of expansion options, and cooling system that may not be up to hours (or days) of hard use.

tl,dr

Macbook: Well balanced machine, light weight, long battery life, thin (less space requirements for transport, at expense of expansion and cooling)

Alienware: Greater compute power, heavier, modest battery life, robust cooling, thick (allows for expansion, which may or may not be necessary to you)

 

[Puppies04]

Are MBP more solidly built than many windows laptops?

Are MBP 3 times the price of many windows laptops?

 

[Ramses]

I suspect you'd be better served buying a decent $700ish windows laptop and spending the rest on a really, really good extended warranty. Everything breaks, and they are all fast these days. Weight and size and battery life expectancy are always key questions.

Wife got a new macbook pro few weeks ago, i5 or some such, 500gig drive, it was well over a grand for $600 worth of hardware in my off hand opinion. Nice aluminum chassis (so you get dings and bends instead of scratches and cracks?) but I was surprised at the relatively tiny hard drive (isn't an ssd). I guess the OS is worth something to some folks. Battery life seems pretty decent so far.

Bout all I can tell you about macs laptops.