Alienware; Seems great but really Sucks

[piski]

i bought a 6500$ alienware computer and everything was awesome. then i had to send back the speakers. after that i ordered some things and each time i was either sent the wrong thing or something was amiss. therefor i tell to all of youy.. alienware computers are great but customer service is a bunch of kindergadeners. if you get an alien dont use them again after that
-k

 

[Ausm]

6,500 bucks wow I could build at least 4 kick ars computers with that cash !!


Ausm

 

[tornadobox]

yikes $6500 for a computer! i hope it's all top of the line stuff with hopefully something you couldn't have done yourself!

:Q

 

[xtreme2k]

$6.5k

it better be some 21" LCD Dual Xeon systems...

 

[Amused]

[chris rock]
Good LORD that's a lot of money!
[/chris rock]

I mean, I'm an Intel whore, and that's a lot of money even for a guy like me!

I just did the math, and I could build three kick ass P4 2.0 systems for that... two and throw in great, high quality monitors. Including software.

 

[Maggotry]

I bought an Alienware almost 3 years ago. Cost me about $3K. You're right about their customer support. It was horrible. I had problems right out of the box. Several phone calls and several hours later, all was well and I really enjoyed it after that.....but I'll never buy from someone else again. Homemade on the kitchen table is the only way to go.

 

[JackBurton]

$6500!!! :Q That better include a P4 2.2GHz CPU, SCSI RAID5 setup, GF3 TI500 AND a 23" LCD for that kind of cash!

 

[Howard]

Holy Mother of God! With $6500 I could call in all sorts of witnesses against Alienware AND pay for all the court costs!


j/k

 

[bigshooter]

I hope that's canadian.

 

[Esquire]

spec it for us please

 

[KrispyKremer]

I bought an Alienware at the end of 1998 that cost me $3600. Top of the line at the time with a 19" monitor. Didn't have any problems with it so I didn't have to use their tech support. Between late 98 and late 2001 I replaced every component in the machine except the cpu and mobo. In the end it's averaged out to a cost of ~$100/month for that machine. I still use the monitor, but passed the computer down to my bro and now have a machine 3x as fast at 1/3 the cost.

Alienware machines are great but expensive. Would I buy from them again? No, I'd build my own. Computers are really coming down in price to the point where they are looking more like appliances. You can get a decent machine for $1000 (no, not top of the line) and replace the video card with whatever you want.

 

[Texmaster]

<< [chris rock]
Good LORD that's a lot of money!
[/chris rock]

I mean, I'm an Intel whore, and that's a lot of money even for a guy like me! >>



Even ME! An Intel whore AND scsi nut

Man thats a lotta mula

 

[MoMeanMugs]

Notice the dollar sign BEHIND the amount. That ain't US funds ye of little brain matter.

 

[Texmaster]

<< Notice the dollar sign BEHIND the amount. That ain't US funds ye of little brain matter. >>



Didn't know we had a frustrated palm reader in here! LOL

 

[Huz]

$6500?! Please oh please oh please let that be a type-o.

 

[JBChance]

$6500!!!!!:Q

Can you drive it to work?

 

[piski]

no it was 6500 us dollars. it had some extras like the klipsch speakers and i got the NEc Multisync FE1250+ which is an amazing monitor (huge) and amazing. I stick the cathode rays..quite partial to them..hehe

 

[Amused]

<<

<< Notice the dollar sign BEHIND the amount. That ain't US funds ye of little brain matter. >>



Didn't know we had a frustrated palm reader in here! LOL >>



Me either. Of course, piski doesn't have a profile, so we can't KNOW where he is from.

 

[Amused]

<< no it was 6500 us dollars. it had some extras like the klipsch speakers and i got the NEc Multisync FE1250+ which is an amazing monitor (huge) and amazing. I stick the cathode rays..quite partial to them..hehe >>



HA! Take THAT MoMeanMugs, oh ye of overinflated intellect

 

[Amused]

Hey, piski, can you post the full system specs and all extras you got so we can see what you paid for?

 

[piski]

P4 1.8gig
intel DBG 850
floppy drive
1024 RdRAM
3x 75 gig IBM Deskstar
promise ultra100 IDE controller
NEC multisync FE1250+ monitor
nvidia gf3 nfinite fx 64mb ddr
pinnicale dv500 editing
sblive platinuim w/external front panel
hardware mpeg 2 decoder
pioneer 16x dvd player
plexwriter 24/10/40
kilpsch promedia 5.1
hp photosmart 1218
best power patriot

there they are

 

[JackBurton]

<< P4 1.8gig
intel DBG 850
floppy drive
1024 RdRAM
3x 75 gig IBM Deskstar
promise ultra100 IDE controller
NEC multisync FE1250+ monitor
nvidia gf3 nfinite fx 64mb ddr
pinnicale dv500 editing
sblive platinuim w/external front panel
hardware mpeg 2 decoder
pioneer 16x dvd player
plexwriter 24/10/40
kilpsch promedia 5.1
hp photosmart 1218
best power patriot

there they are >>


Ya dude, you got raped!

 

[Syborg1211]

He didn't get raped THAT much The only thing in that system that could use an upgrade in the future is his processor...

 

[MisterNi]

Nice system, but you still payed about $2000-$3000 too much. Then again, if you're happy with it then screw what anyone else says.

 

[Zeeliv]

Didn't get raped that much? I went and checked the MSRP on everything I couldn't get from newegg that is in that system and came up with $4500, and that's with inflated MSRP's for the big stuff like his printer and that DV500.