Yes i wouldnt want to pay their crazy costs to get a pretty case. DO they sell cases by themselves or do you have to buy the overated overpriced crap that they stuff into them ;)
I agree with mike and ben both. They make nice rigs but i wouldn't buy a whole box just for the pretty case. Besides i don't think they make a dual athlon with 3 200 gig drives do they?? :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: RE: Alienware's new case You're right, where you spend your money is none of my business. I have no interest in your consumer habits. However, I never said Alienware makes bad machines, actually they are are all tricked out and work just the way I would build my own. And I also never said "Boycot Alienware because they are so expensive" or "Buy another brand because it is cheaper", because I really don't have a reason to care how you spend your money. I said the unique value of an Alienware box lies in its case, and that is a poor reason to justify the purchase of a computer because of the solitary or remote nature of most computing tasks. If I am wrong and there is something else Alienware machines do that you can only get with their systems or if computer users are suddenly all putting machines in their living room to impress their friends next to the hunting trophies and family crests (which I suppose is possible, someday), please feel free to correct me. M -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:24 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Alienware's new case There are a couple of questions here. One is the implication that you can't have a good machine that looks really cool. Aiienware computers routinely benchmark excellently. And yes, they are gaming machines, not servers, but I have servers I can use via my company, but my workstation at the office sucks for games. So a fine, fast, kick-ass gaming machine is what I would purchase for myself. Furthermore, the one I mentioned (the Hive-Mind) is one of the few gaming notebook computers that benchmarks as well as some upper mid-range desktops. Next, in college me and my friends would /always/ drool over whatever someone got most recently. Yeah, specs were the most important thing, but coolness counted as well. Then, there's the idea that it's none o' your damn business what I waste my money on. :-) J/K -- if I bring it up on the list, it's fair game. Finally, there's this whole assumption that what I'd like to do and what I would do if I had the money are the same thing. If it costs more than about $15, then I put /serious/ thought into whether it's worth it or not. If I had a few grand to drop on a PC, I probably wouldn't buy one of these. I can get a premod (oxymoron?) case for not much more than (for example) an Antec 400W mid-tower, and I'd like to build my own just for the fun of it. So I think that this whole discussion has gotten /way/ out of scope, as I wasn't particularly serious about it to begin with. :-) -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
