Re: Dell Inspiron $800 vs Alienware X14 $1800

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:05:19 -0800, Justisaur wrote:

On 2/20/2025 1:21 PM, Tahitian pearl wrote:

Not much improvement here because the X14 appears to be an entry level
offering.  I didn't realize this when I bought it because I was fooled
by the Alienware brand.  The Inspiron has 12 GB of RAM.  My bet is that
if they put real fans in it, then it would blow the X14 away.
 
Plan on overspending if you want Alienware.  The clerk tried to get me
to buy a $3400 version of the Alienware, and if I knew they were going
to give me a line of $3000 credit like they did I would have taken him
up on the offer.  I felt pretty let down by the X14, but fortunately it
took a bullet for me.

 
I never buy brand name computers.  They're either absolute junk in
proprietary cases you can't put upgrades in or cost almost 2x as much as
they should, or both.  Either build your own or part and buy from a
custom maker.

It's different with notebooks.
"Building your own" is... complicated (well there's mntre.com).
If you want very good notebook it's usually brand name and their business/
workstation line, like in case of Dell it could be Latitude/Precision,
but buying Precision for gaming is costly of course. MSI makes good "gaming"
notebooks.