Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX

You are absolutely right. I might be able to patch together something resembling my Precision 6300 but that's a laptop and probably would take me a couple of years. But even if I could, and for half the 4 grand my maxed out Precision cost, if someone pointed out to me on the screen with the tip of his friggin Montecristo Grande and dropped the cherry on the keyboard after it bounced down the screen, like my last Precision, I couldn't drop it in a box, call for pickup and get an essentially new one back in 48 hours. But whether or not it's overpriced isn't the issue with me, but I'm curious what segment of society would buy such an ugly thing and why a company would make it. There must be something they're putting in the water up in the U.S. because I really think I'd be laughed out of town if I had that thing on my desk. And I live in what you Gringos call a 'banana republic'. (which I suppose it is)

For me personally I'd go the DIY route. I can hadle fixing anything pc related. But at work, I'm not going to buy anyone's hardware without a 3-5 year agreement saying that if so much as a screw falls out the vendor is coming to fix it and bringing me a new beer coozie to apologize for the inconvenience of having to call them for support.

Surfer you made alot of good points about the tech support for the system. But If tou save $1000 or more. You could afford to pay for the fix. Plus if you or a friens are computer savy, fix it your self. Beside if something is going to fail it will happen within the first year. In the bussiness would I must concede and Support You. Nice Post. AKA> Terminator