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3 Laptop Choices, Vaio, Alienware, Or Dell XPS?

post #1 of 24
10/28/08 at 3:41pm
Thread Starter 
2 Laptop Choices, I Need Pro's & Con's, Help Me Choose Please?

~See Below~

1. Would you prefer a 1920 X 1200 (1200p Or 1080p-Sony/Dell) Or 1440 X 900 (720p)-If I decide to get that from another seller with same specs? Difference To You? In seeing (Research-Reading)-Movies (BlueRay or Regular), Wide or Regular? Much Details as possible.

2. Which is a smarter Buy? Please list in terms of Specs, Features, weight, price, style, warranty.

3. If your gonna ask depends what your looking for? It's for Gaming But Not That Much, Here & There just want the Strong Processor to Handle It When I Want To Play crises and call of duty online. I'm a Student, so I use it for Business. I do Computer Graphics With Adobe Photoshop CS3, and Video Editing With Acid Pro So I don't Want The Freeze. I surf the internet, do Research. Watch Movies for Entertainment. Need specifically a laptop for around the go when needed. Basically a little of everything.

Please answer all my questions w/ cons and pros for each.
I Appreciate your answers, and your time for Helping me choose the right laptop.
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post #2 of 24
10/28/08 at 8:42pm
your pages dont work...
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post #3 of 24
10/28/08 at 11:26pm
Thread Starter 
Sorry, it didn't copy the full link. I narrow it down to two; Been doing research so here are the Specs:

Buying New Laptop Which one Vaio Or Dell?

Dell Studio 15 Customize (64 Bit? Do You Know?) $2,170.69 + 2 Year Warranty + 2 Years Accidental Damage

SYSTEM COLORJet Blackedit
PROCESSORIntel® Core™ 2 Duo T9400 (2.530GHz/1066Mhz FSB/6MB cache)edit
OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition SP1edit
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWAREMicrosoft Worksedit
HD DISPLAYHi Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1920x1200)edit
MEMORY4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHzedit
HARD DRIVESpeed: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensoredit
VIDEO CARD256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE6X Slot Load Bluray (BD) Combo Drive (BD Read Only) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDSIntel WiFi Link 5100 802.11agn Half Mini-Cardedit
INTEGRATED WEBCAMIntegrated 2.0M Pixel Webcamedit
BATTERY OPTIONS85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)edit
SOUND OPTIONSExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Cardedit
KEYBOARDBack-lit Keyboardedit
FINGERPRINT SCANNERIntegrated Finger Print Reader

Vaio FW290 Customize-$2,579.31 W/ Shipping & 2 Yr Warranty + 2 Years Accidental Damage

Microsoft® Works
LCD 16.4" (XBRITE-FullHD™)
No Fresh Start™
250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [7200 rpm]
Video Standard
Engraving
Large Battery
QuickBooks Simple Start
WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n) with integrated Bluetooth® technology
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650 with 512MB vRAM
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53GHz)
None
Blu-ray Disc™ Read and Write Drive
Windows Live OneCare 90-Day Trial
Titanium Gray
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate 64-bit
4 GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GBx2)

Note: Graphic Card- Dell 3450 256MB, and Vaio 3650 512MB- Difference?
Sony Has Widescreen and BlueRay Writer

$408.62 Difference- Is it Worth It?

Please answer 3 Questions Above.
Thanks Appreciate It.
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post #4 of 24
10/28/08 at 11:29pm
/DAMN FOR THAT MONEY GET A NICE M15x! do not pass it up!
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post #5 of 24
10/28/08 at 11:43pm
Thread Starter 
Alienware Customer Service Is Bad Enough + No accidental Damage, and If Buying On eBay Warranty is Non-Transferable.

Price Would Be 2,924.00 W/ 1 Year Warranty
With Same Specs
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post #6 of 24
10/29/08 at 2:09am
If AW is not in the running, this should be moved, aside from that, with the exception of looks and a better grfx proc u said you wont buy, the Dell is a far superior machine to the 15x and sony(By a wide margin!). (More features, more power)
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post #7 of 24
10/30/08 at 4:33pm
If you want a low priced computer, buy the lowest priced one.

If you want accident coverage, buy the Dell.

If you want the best system, buy the Alienware.
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post #8 of 24
10/30/08 at 7:42pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
If you want the best system, buy the Alienware.
I call B.S. !!!!!
Hammer very irresponsible of you......

If you spec out a studio15 and a m15x, the dell destroys it at every turn except looks and grfx horsepower. Best gaming system maybe, but not even close in the best overall system category.
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post #9 of 24
10/31/08 at 5:06am
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
I call B.S. !!!!!
Hammer very irresponsible of you......

If you spec out a studio15 and a m15x, the dell destroys it at every turn except looks and grfx horsepower. Best gaming system maybe, but not even close in the best overall system category.
I could interpret that at least two waze...but I think I know what you mean with your Alienware Love/Hate relationship...



Zoid
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post #10 of 24
10/31/08 at 7:12am
Here we go... LOL
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post #11 of 24
10/31/08 at 11:46am
Go spec them out.... performance wise alone, the only thing the AW has on the studio is grfx card, otherwise its a wash on same possible parts or Dell has a major advantage (MB,Proc,Chipset) you can configure a studio15 to destro a m15x in any non grfx bound software, not love/hate, just realistic and why I bitched here for AW to refresh to Monte
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post #12 of 24
10/31/08 at 4:09pm
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
I call B.S. !!!!!
Hammer very irresponsible of you......

If you spec out a studio15 and a m15x, the dell destroys it at every turn except looks and grfx horsepower. Best gaming system maybe, but not even close in the best overall system category.
Come on archalien, how irresponsible of you...

You know better than most of us here that Dell uses crap hardware and cuts corners to meet a pricepoint.

Gaming is the most demanding use of any system when considering overall performance, and that's what AW does.

If you want a warranty, buy the Dell, if you want the best system, buy the Alienware.
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post #13 of 24
10/31/08 at 4:12pm
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
Go spec them out.... performance wise alone, the only thing the AW has on the studio is grfx card, otherwise its a wash on same possible parts or Dell has a major advantage (MB,Proc,Chipset) you can configure a studio15 to destro a m15x in any non grfx bound software, not love/hate, just realistic and why I bitched here for AW to refresh to Monte
But the AW performance reflects it's specs, Dell computers always underperform when compared to comparable configurations from their competition.

But don't let that stop your piss-fest.
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post #14 of 24
11/1/08 at 3:22pm
Booooooo

Yeah I really believe that AW's Value Select Corsair Ram is somehow the shit.
Intel makes the procs, hdd's come from the same 3ish companies.....

The only place where dell could skimp were it would be noticeable would be the motherboard, and failure rate aside, no matter how cheaply the board is made, its still a faster platform with newer generation parts!

But then again, whats the point, I point out that in FACT the Dell uses a newer platform and is indeed more powerful then u gotta change the topic to ohhhh Dell cuts corners on parts.....
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post #15 of 24
11/1/08 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
Go spec them out.... performance wise alone, the only thing the AW has on the studio is grfx card, otherwise its a wash on same possible parts or Dell has a major advantage (MB,Proc,Chipset) you can configure a studio15 to destro a m15x in any non grfx bound software, not love/hate, just realistic and why I bitched here for AW to refresh to Monte
As said earlier, gaming and rendering graphics are the two most intensive processes anyone can do on a computer, and those are both heavily influenced by graphics cards. And the m15x's 8800/9800 is FIVE TIMES better in benchmarks than the studio15's.

Oh, and you can also get a better processor in the m15x. The best in the Studio15 is a 2.53 T9400. The best in the m15x is still the 2.8 x9000.

Basically, if you want good bang for your buck, I'd get a studio15. VERY good price!

If you want the best performance and/or battery life, get the m15x.
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post #16 of 24
11/2/08 at 1:47am
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Originally Posted by Koshinn View Post
As said earlier, gaming and rendering graphics are the two most intensive processes anyone can do on a computer, and those are both heavily influenced by graphics cards. And the m15x's 8800/9800 is FIVE TIMES better in benchmarks than the studio15's.

Oh, and you can also get a better processor in the m15x. The best in the Studio15 is a 2.53 T9400. The best in the m15x is still the 2.8 x9000.

Basically, if you want good bang for your buck, I'd get a studio15. VERY good price!

If you want the best performance and/or battery life, get the m15x.

So maybe u didnt read b4 u posted, but the discussion was couched in terms that of course AW wins in grfx, but not much else.

They must have a stock or other problem as they at times have offered the p9500 and t9600 also, all parts on a faster subsystem, Im willing to bet the t9600 gives the x9000 a run for its money if not beats it flat out considering the 25% faster fsb and if it got paired w/ the ddr3 version of a monte board would likely smoke the x9000 badly.

Restating, unless u need the grfx horsepower or the AW look n feel, there are much better solutions out in both price and performance in Monte platformed laptops.......

That said a pimped out Monte on a integrated 9600 is probably respectable for most portable situations.
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post #17 of 24
11/2/08 at 2:11am
Well maybe than good advice to BxRayRayNY would be to wait a few daze...? He did rule out the Alienware machine early in this discussion as you pointed out archalien...



Zoid
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post #18 of 24
11/2/08 at 4:20am
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
So maybe u didnt read b4 u posted, but the discussion was couched in terms that of course AW wins in grfx, but not much else.

They must have a stock or other problem as they at times have offered the p9500 and t9600 also, all parts on a faster subsystem, Im willing to bet the t9600 gives the x9000 a run for its money if not beats it flat out considering the 25% faster fsb and if it got paired w/ the ddr3 version of a monte board would likely smoke the x9000 badly.

Restating, unless u need the grfx horsepower or the AW look n feel, there are much better solutions out in both price and performance in Monte platformed laptops.......

That said a pimped out Monte on a integrated 9600 is probably respectable for most portable situations.
I'll have to take your word for it that they offered a T9600 in the studio15.

But right now, the T9600 is not offered and thus the M15X gives better performance than the Studio15 in terms of gfx card AND processor.

And DDR3 RAM < DDR2 RAM at the moment, which is why the studio15 uses DDR2 RAM.


And he DID say he wanted to play Crysis and Call of Duty. So while you're saying "the AW wins in graphics and not much else", he needs graphics power for those games. And any improvements in montevina over santa rosa is basically negligible in fields other than gaming, if the amount of ram, processor speed and harddrive are the same.
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post #19 of 24
11/4/08 at 8:05am
If you didn't buy already, the Alienware M17 is now available. A lot of bang for your buck.
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post #20 of 24
11/5/08 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
Booooooo

Yeah I really believe that AW's Value Select Corsair Ram is somehow the shit.
Intel makes the procs, hdd's come from the same 3ish companies.....

The only place where dell could skimp were it would be noticeable would be the motherboard, and failure rate aside, no matter how cheaply the board is made, its still a faster platform with newer generation parts!

But then again, whats the point, I point out that in FACT the Dell uses a newer platform and is indeed more powerful then u gotta change the topic to ohhhh Dell cuts corners on parts.....
Dell mobo's are notoriously bad, crap, cheap, and missing the corners that they've cut.

They also have special runs of hardware like video cards that will only run in a Dell.

Do your homework or shut it.
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