I loved the idea of Alienware computers for a long time. Then I bought one. It went through about 5 different delays before finally getting to me about 3 months after I ordered it. It died the first day (ran for about 2 hours til the battery ran out--turns out the power circuitry on the motherboard was broken), so it took me another month to finally get it back. I had to send it in for repairs under warranty 5 times in one year (including one time because, after 6 weeks of waiting, they accidentally sent it back without having done anything to it). They sound like a good idea, and looking at these even made me think about it, for a split second, but then I remembered the heartache of my m5500. Stay away from these guys.
People have those same stories with every computer integrator on the planet. I could write a nice long paragraph about how my Alienware ran smoothly for 4 years before I resold it to buy a new system, but everyone likes to rag on Alienware so I wont bother.
People have those same stories with every computer integrator on the planet. I could write a nice long paragraph about how my Alienware ran smoothly for 4 years before I resold it to buy a new system, but everyone likes to rag on Alienware so I wont bother.
@mrlogical: I've had two Alienware systems and BOTH are running strong, m7700 and m9700. The m7700 has been kicking it for 4 years and the m9700 for 2. I have never had to send either in for repair once.
@everyone: Highly recommended, what Arron says is so true. (Look at some Dell threads or Mac threads sometime)
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I loved the idea of Alienware computers for a long time. Then I bought one. It went through about 5 different delays before finally getting to me about 3 months after I ordered it. It died the first day (ran for about 2 hours til the battery ran out--turns out the power circuitry on the motherboard was broken), so it took me another month to finally get it back. I had to send it in for repairs under warranty 5 times in one year (including one time because, after 6 weeks of waiting, they accidentally sent it back without having done anything to it). They sound like a good idea, and looking at these even made me think about it, for a split second, but then I remembered the heartache of my m5500. Stay away from these guys.
People have those same stories with every computer integrator on the planet. I could write a nice long paragraph about how my Alienware ran smoothly for 4 years before I resold it to buy a new system, but everyone likes to rag on Alienware so I wont bother.
People have those same stories with every computer integrator on the planet. I could write a nice long paragraph about how my Alienware ran smoothly for 4 years before I resold it to buy a new system, but everyone likes to rag on Alienware so I wont bother.
@Arron: So true.
@mrlogical: I've had two Alienware systems and BOTH are running strong, m7700 and m9700. The m7700 has been kicking it for 4 years and the m9700 for 2. I have never had to send either in for repair once.
@everyone: Highly recommended, what Arron says is so true. (Look at some Dell threads or Mac threads sometime)