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alienware notebook config
I bought a notebook to play poker on when I'm on the road early March.
Í bought it from dell, it had UXGA(I think) on a 15.4" screen giving me 1900x1200 resolution. Enough to play 4 tables and have pokertracker and playerview in the background. I bought it at the time top of the line M processor with 1gig ram. After 2-3 months in I found that it was extremly slow to run 4 tables with tracker updating every minute and playerview running. Anyhow when I returned home I bought a fresh Athlon 64 desktop and have had no problem since. I'm planning to travel around Australia/Asia/Hawaii in seek of better time zones to play poker in, which is a move many of the online pros have done. So this is what I'm looking for in a notebook. I really don't care about the BATTERY conserving M processor, what I really want is POWER. Basically this notebook is going to be my portable desktop that I can take from city to city. I need a notebook that will have no problems running 4-8 tables, pokerace, several large databases of pokertracker, windows media player, 2-3 different messengers, and firewall/anti-viral software all at the same time. Oh and also I like to play FPS games and World of Warcraft here and there. So here are the specs I put together over at alienware. Model: MJ-12m 7700 Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 670 Desktop Processor w/ HT Technology 3.8 GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB Operating System: Windows XP Professional Warranty: 3 year Aliencare LCD Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920x1200 LCD Clearview display with Built-in Camera Motherboard: Intel 915P PCI-Express Chipset Memory: 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB / 2 x 1024MB Graphics Accelerator: Alienware® MJ12m 7700 NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400 with 256MB of DDR memory Hard Drive: 100GB 7200 RPM ATA100 DVD: Slot load 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software Wireless: External Wireless 802.11a/b/g PCMCIA Card Audio: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS PCMCIA Other: Additional battery, optical mouse, norton anti-virus. Total: $4762 USD The price is a bit excessive, but I don't really have a budget and I want something that'll last me at least a year. Can I get something similar to these specs without paying the designer computer price of alienware? |
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Re: alienware notebook config
Alienware's are usually just pretty Sager notebooks, unless they have changed recently. I would look at pctorque.com and see if you can find a better price for the same machine.
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Re: alienware notebook config
Alienware computers are hugely overpriced machines.
Usually built for gamers... If you want a laptop that will last at least a year that is powerful, you can find many of them from Dell, Toshiba or even Sony for a third or half that price. |
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