pwrUSR1900 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 It's similar to the difference between a ford focus and subaru wrx, they both will get you to work, but one is much better in every way.I've owned many toshiba notebooks (currently I have a satellite P750), they are fine, but when you need real power you will find they can't keep up.Also you have very little access to most components unless you take the notebook apart completely. The chassis is usually poor quality, especially in the cheaper consumer models.Now I'm not saying alienware is the best you can get, but when you pay more you do usually get more.Let's see: Toshibas are shoddy build quality, look extremely gaudy, offer terrible customer support.Alienware is top of the line build quality (magnesium chassis), has amazing customer support.There you go.And I take offense to the car analogy. Subaru's suck. The new Ford Focus is an amazing car who's head gaskets won't begin leaking after 70k miles. Oh, and AWD is a waste of money and gas mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmattgw Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 This isn't a bash or anything. I just purchased a new laptop the other day (a really nice Toshiba Satellite) for around $750. It plays everything I can throw at it (highest settings) thus far, so what would be the benefit of using an Alienware laptop when I can pay so much less and get pretty much the same amount? Just curious is all.You'd need to run benchmarks to compare the two systems to see that they're not in the same league. The toshiba may be just what you need, but for higher end games it probably wouldn't float it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PepsiLight Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Well, this is up to the taste. Some will drive A nissan micra, some will strive for BMWs. You can hardly argue against BMWs when driving a Micra, can't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneAndOnlyOrchestra Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Everyone has their own preferences on how they want their notebooks/laptops to be . I always go for the great design , look of the laptop and how it feels . I prefer the MXX series to its design but the new alienwares have also improved alot than their predecessors . Based on Hardware , LCD , batteries etc . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pav500 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Those stats Are pretty Low to an alienware laptop. It's better to invest in a desktop though at around that price cause Laptops are overpriced always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguyo Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 people usually get Alien Ware because of the performance and the high end stuff they usually have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Please attempt to run Crysis 3.Warning, you do this at your own risk and I am not responsible if your laptop bursts into flames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasad Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Please attempt to run Crysis 3.Warning, you do this at your own risk and I am not responsible if your laptop bursts into flames. You're joking, right? I played the entirety of Crysis 3 on my Alienware M17x R4 notebook. It was perfectly cooled by itself, yet I had with me my trusty Notepal U3 Cooler. Aside from the Ceph, nobody burst into flames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolitic Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 You're joking, right? I played the entirety of Crysis 3 on my Alienware M17x R4 notebook. It was perfectly cooled by itself, yet I had with me my trusty Notepal U3 Cooler. Aside from the Ceph, nobody burst into flames I was obviously referring to the toshiba sattelite that the OP mentioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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