Posts by Pixie23

It still works out cheaper buying from the US but depending on the company and if they are willing to reduce customs invoicing, I might end up going for the AW.

Yeh, much cheaper by over a grand!!! Cheapest I found with above spec was $3.1k from the US.

Thanks for the links bud but from all the retailers you posted the same spec comes in @ well over $4.5k and almost $5.5k from Pioneer Computers!!!!

I've been looking again at the Sager Systems. Although I discarded the idea of buying from overseas before, they do seem to have very good systems at a great price. Again I'm just not sure I want to buy from overseas and have downtime...

Quote: Originally Posted by Djembe If we're talking statistics, then Asus is on top and HP is last for reliability according to a longitudinal study released a few months ago. I'd be interested to see this...any...

So I had a play around with the Toshiba yesterday evening at a local store. I defo decided its not the best build quality by a long way. The screen is VERY wobbly and just doesnt like to sit still even when just resting your arms on the...

Yeh loosing all my photos was the worst thing. I don't mind losing videos, movies etc but my entire photo album some 40,000+ photo's were lost from my travels around the globe. I even lost all my video archive from work, not to mention...

Thx for the responses guys. I neglected to mention that my home insurance is fitting the bill due to a recent flood (Lost 15 years worth of data) I have been allocated $3.5k to spend...Therefore I would rather get the best laptop money...

Hmmm you raise some interesting points. Its my main source for entertainment & gaming. I dont have a desktop here in AUS so I use it to work, travel, tv, games and movies...I reckon I use it for "Multimedia" rather than...

I would not buy a Sager because if I had any issues that would mean shipping it back to the US for repairs etc so it's not worth the hassle imo. So you recon the Alienware is the way to go? Even with the extra's the Qosmio has over the...