OMG 6000 Dollars Customized Alienware Laptop

[GalaxySII]

I must say this price is ridiculous !
Try customize guys
The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

[davepermen]

only 8gb of ram?

gaming laptops are ridiculous anyways. half the price, more power from any desktop. now here.. not even half the price.. a quarter, or less, for more power..

but for those with too much money, a nice useless huge fat laptop to buy

[GalaxySII]

Originally Posted by davepermen

only 8gb of ram?

gaming laptops are ridiculous anyways. half the price, more power from any desktop. now here.. not even half the price.. a quarter, or less, for more power..

but for those with too much money, a nice useless huge fat laptop to buy

? 8GB RAM is enough no one game requires more than 2GB RAM ..

[davepermen]

it's not enough for a 6000$ computer. and yes, there are games requiring more.

i have 16gb of ram in my 500$ desktop.

[GalaxySII]

Originally Posted by davepermen

it's not enough for a 6000$ computer. and yes, there are games requiring more.

i have 16gb of ram in my 500$ desktop.

if u check all games are automatically saved in p files x86 that means they will never utilize more than 2 or 3GB RAM believe me

[pengy_666]

Originally Posted by GalaxySII

if u check all games are automatically saved in p files x86 that means they will never utilize more than 2 or 3GB RAM believe me

This has made me chuckle before, I too thought this was the case. it wouldn't use more than that amount.

[Deks]

Originally Posted by davepermen

only 8gb of ram?

gaming laptops are ridiculous anyways. half the price, more power from any desktop. now here.. not even half the price.. a quarter, or less, for more power..

but for those with too much money, a nice useless huge fat laptop to buy

Well, I personally love the portability and snugness coming in laptop form, but I have to agree that the artificial price gauging on laptops compared to desktops is beyond stupid.
Realistically, laptops should effectively cost no more than desktops... if even that because they offer lower performance.

As for games being limited to 2GB... very accurate, but not so for programs such as Photoshop or 3dsMax.


Aside from that, the DELL monster in the first post is horribly priced.
Then again, DELL is playing a game of price gauging while giving you less on the performance.
It reminds me of the Razor Blade (the 'first gaming laptop')

[Generic User #2]

laptops DO use binned parts. so theres a reason for a premium. this is not accounting for extra design and assembly effort for lappys.

but ya, the margins are gargantuan....supply and demand [and mega-corporations] though

[Mr MM]

Seriously?

A single 512gb SSD retails around 800 bucks. There are 2 of them in that build.

Not to count a 1k cpu...

Dual high end mobility gpus.... that retail for more than 1k

there is price gouging? yes just look at the ram prices... however when you are into the extreme high end gaming notebook market there is a tax for that alone.

the parts cost a lot, the design efforts are for single models, and those models dont sell a lot.

[long2905]

yeah what do you expect when you put in all the highest end stuff in there? a pony?