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MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2012-05-23 05:19:39 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Am I the only person here with enough spare scratch to just say screw it and go get an alienware? Straight

eewww

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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#22 - 2012-05-23 05:27:19 UTC
Why would you go alienware anyway ? I could almost (only almost) see an attraction when it came to laptops in the past (not at all lately, with all the cheaper and actually better alternatives), but for a desktop ? No way, not back in the day, not now. If you're going to spend any significant amount of moolah, self-built all the way.

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AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#23 - 2012-05-25 23:08:16 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Am I the only person here with enough spare scratch to just say screw it and go get an alienware? Straight


No.

This space for rent.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#24 - 2012-05-25 23:16:16 UTC
Akita T wrote:
Why would you go alienware anyway ? I could almost (only almost) see an attraction when it came to laptops in the past (not at all lately, with all the cheaper and actually better alternatives), but for a desktop ? No way, not back in the day, not now. If you're going to spend any significant amount of moolah, self-built all the way.


You're not taking into account the power of laziness Big smile

Also pretty lights that appear to be powered by magic

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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#25 - 2012-05-26 00:03:16 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Akita T wrote:
Why would you go alienware anyway ? I could almost (only almost) see an attraction when it came to laptops in the past (not at all lately, with all the cheaper and actually better alternatives), but for a desktop ? No way, not back in the day, not now. If you're going to spend any significant amount of moolah, self-built all the way.


You're not taking into account the power of laziness Big smile

Also pretty lights that appear to be powered by magic


If you are that desperate to be hip and one of "them", go with a Mac.

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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#26 - 2012-05-26 00:05:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
You're not taking into account the power of laziness Big smile
Also pretty lights that appear to be powered by magic

I don't particularly care for lights on the PC. I tend to keep the PC powered up for weeks without a reboot, and too many blinkenlights on it are annoying when you're trying to fall sleep.
Also, it's not like it takes long to put up, even at a very leisurely pace you're looking at 3 hours tops, possibly under 1 hour if you're really into it. Compared to the next 2 days of getting all the software/drivers/settings just right, it's a drop in the bucket.
Plus you KNOW where everything is, and you mount it the way YOU like it to be, not how some random minimum-wage guy employed by alienware in the USA thought it's good enough to put together (I'd trust sweatshop workers' work more).
I'm a proactive lazy person - I want to afford to be as lazy as possible in the future, so passing on a bit of current laziness for a lot more later lack of corrective work is what I love. If you want it done right, do it yourself. Then you don't have to spend even more time later fixing it.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2012-05-26 00:45:34 UTC
Alpheias wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Akita T wrote:
Why would you go alienware anyway ? I could almost (only almost) see an attraction when it came to laptops in the past (not at all lately, with all the cheaper and actually better alternatives), but for a desktop ? No way, not back in the day, not now. If you're going to spend any significant amount of moolah, self-built all the way.


You're not taking into account the power of laziness Big smile

Also pretty lights that appear to be powered by magic


If you are that desperate to be hip and one of "them", go with a Mac.


I haz an iPod Cool

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#28 - 2012-05-26 00:47:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
Akita T wrote:
not how some random minimum-wage guy employed by alienware in the USA thought it's good enough to put together (I'd trust sweatshop workers' work more).


I thought they were assembled in Ireland? That would account for the shoddy craftsmanship P

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
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