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Buyers Remorse-B-Gone

post #1 of 13
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About 3 minutes after ordering the 7700, I was roaming around the internet for reviews on the laptop. It scared the crap out of me. So, I entered a period of buyers remorse, thinking about how much I just spent on a system that could come to my house broken. About spending more money on a system that other companies could build for less. Then I ran into a post by "Hammerhead" on some random forum that made me wonder.

So, I went to each site and built a PC as custom as they would let me. Each option was chosen to match what I bought for my 7700. If they didn't have a matching option, I chose the option of equal or lesser performance.

These prices are also after any rebates, both instant and mail in.

$4,851.25 - Comparable Falcon Northwest, a few things extra that you can't downgrade, but, the cost of individual parts from a retail site added up to only $300, bringing the machine to $4551.25.

$3,104.00 - Comparable but less powerful Dell XPS 2.

$3,339.23 - Comparable Voodoo. I opted to not get a tattoo on it, since that adds an additional $200 for no performance gain.

$2,810.00 - Comparable Sager. Easily the closest in price and in parts. Definatly something to look at if you want to save a whole $54.

$2,864.00 - Area-51m 7700

As far as horror stories go, I found many for Dell, Sager and Voodoo, and only one for Falcon Northwest. So, apparently(as I had suspected anyway) every company is going to have a few customers with big problems. That's just how it is.

So, if you are suffering from buyers remorse, and thinking that buying your Alienware was a bad idea, just do some research on the competitors, and see for yourself that you actually made a good decision.
post #2 of 13


i had a similar experience with pricing. i heard that AW was way overpriced, but after checking a bunch of others like you did, AW was usually cheaper. if you catch it at the right time, you can get xps2 cheaper (priced one the other day with epp discount and 33% discount), but that didn't fit my needs (wanted p4 for music editing). but it would have been a harder decision to make if i had that same deal when i ordered my 7700.
post #3 of 13
very nice post, thanks for the research
post #4 of 13
And here I thought it was just for the neat Alien on the lid....
post #5 of 13
Thread Starter 
The cool alien logo is the $54 price difference between the Sager and the 7700.
post #6 of 13
Very awesome post thanks.
post #7 of 13
I did the same research before getting my Sentia. Same results, too. If I matched specs the competitor was more expensive, and in some places I could not match specs.
post #8 of 13
Very cool post. Puts everything into its proper perspective. There is an effort by people to make sure that Alienware is shown as a bad choice. People attempt to do it in this forum but Yang squash them lika da cockaroaches they are. This is all done by children that never owned an Alienware system in their young lives. It only seems to be Alienware being attacked. I have not seen too much against FNW or Voodoo Systems.

BiG note: Keep an eye on system configurations. If the price goes down, call Alienware and get the lower cost. Just might save yourself more than the 54$. and Alienware support is a bit more inclusive. so its not just about the alien logo.
post #9 of 13
Great post - I was surprised at the animosity out there against AW - mostly by people who don't own one. I'm grateful for the mods that work at keeping the trolls out.
post #10 of 13
I haven't checked pricing for a while, good to see Alienware is still doing so well.

I always ask people that are talking about pricing to check it out themselves. I don't know why, but most people believe what they hear rather than just checking it out themselves. Personally, I think it's kinda fun to run the numbers.

I can't tell you how many people respond to me with surprise that Alienware computers are so competitively priced. Then again, there's the self builder crowd that can always build a better computer than AW for six dollars with a toothpick and some notebook paper...

As far as the companies that offer top line hardware, Alienware generally does a fantastic job on pricing. It's always rewarding to hear from someone that thought they couldn't afford an Alienware and were about to buy a Dell, then learned that not only does the AW outperform the Dell, they're frequently less expensive for similar configurations... (What's the latest coupon at Dell???)

You can beat AW's pricing if you're willing to try a small manufacturer, but as far as the larger manufacturers that have industry wide recognition, and are reliable, AW is the bang for the buck leader as far as I'm concerned.

If you're in the market for a new computer, price out the configurations yourself, and look for reviews with actual benchmarks. Chances are Alienware will be close, if not top on the list just on numbers alone.
post #11 of 13
That is what happened to me, i needed a new laptop and never thought i could buy a alienware, but was messing around in teh configurator and realized i could and was so excited and bought it and now i love it. and feel special most definelty,
post #12 of 13
hey! well, after reading brokenspyrl's post i was motivated to try the same test with my Aurora 5500 at three companies: FNW, Voodoo, and Dell

AW: 2500 after rebate + 400 for an after-market nVidia GeForce GPU = 2900
Dell: 3159
Voodoo: 4689
FNW: >5000!!!!!

anyway... just goes to show :-D regards, sharky
post #13 of 13
Unsatisfied cusomters make more noise than the satisfied ones. It's that way with every company.
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