I've been reading posts on this site for a long time and wanted to clarify a few things. I'm not the oracle and don't really know everything but I can say one thing for sure.
Alienware used to up to last year get all of their laptops from CLEVO/PROSTAR/SAGER.
Voodoo it seems still does by the specs, look, and everything else of their machines including the drivers.
Hypersonic seems to share the same problem as do many of the niche players in the industry. (IE GO-L.)
This does not mean that they don't customize or tweak their models with upgraded boards, graphic cards etc. However, one thing can be clear the cases are the same.
Now the big companies I can understand not buying from them as they can make their own. However most of the big companies buy from one of the manufacturers or used to.
Most now a days give specs to them and have them exclusively make their models (big boys, dell etc.) But a few years ago that was not the case.
ASUS- I've heard does sony. I can't confirm it, and I doubt that. They might have in the past but today that doesn't make sense.
Anyway my point is that these micro companies such as Alienware, Voodoo, falcon, hypersonic, L, or whoever do get it from the same people, and just tweak them. Alienware may no longer apply as they have grown and moved a lot more of the development of their products internally. However, the others seem to be carbon copies, they just tweak a few things. So what's wrong with that? I'd buy a voodoo before I bought a sager because of AMD although Sager I hear is offering one. But the paint and other features are attractive too. When alienware started their case was basic, just colorful, and everything they had was the same as dell etc just the higher end. So why rag on Voodoo, and these other companies?
Like I said I'm not the oracle and I'm sure I'm going to get flak for this post. All I have to say is we should not thrash these companies for doing what every company does or did do at some point.
However, there is trust. Which some of these micro companies break by talking about hundreds of engineers that developed something they didn't or repackaging and naming the most basic components to create the illusion of innovation where none exists. To those companies I say let them have it. Anyway, there's my two cents. Actually it seems to be a lot more. Big shouts to the guy with doc evil as his avatar, can't remember the name, dell terminator, etc on the site. As I mentioned I'm visual so forgive the lack of name support.
Alienware used to up to last year get all of their laptops from CLEVO/PROSTAR/SAGER.
Voodoo it seems still does by the specs, look, and everything else of their machines including the drivers.
Hypersonic seems to share the same problem as do many of the niche players in the industry. (IE GO-L.)
This does not mean that they don't customize or tweak their models with upgraded boards, graphic cards etc. However, one thing can be clear the cases are the same.
Now the big companies I can understand not buying from them as they can make their own. However most of the big companies buy from one of the manufacturers or used to.
Most now a days give specs to them and have them exclusively make their models (big boys, dell etc.) But a few years ago that was not the case.
ASUS- I've heard does sony. I can't confirm it, and I doubt that. They might have in the past but today that doesn't make sense.
Anyway my point is that these micro companies such as Alienware, Voodoo, falcon, hypersonic, L, or whoever do get it from the same people, and just tweak them. Alienware may no longer apply as they have grown and moved a lot more of the development of their products internally. However, the others seem to be carbon copies, they just tweak a few things. So what's wrong with that? I'd buy a voodoo before I bought a sager because of AMD although Sager I hear is offering one. But the paint and other features are attractive too. When alienware started their case was basic, just colorful, and everything they had was the same as dell etc just the higher end. So why rag on Voodoo, and these other companies?
Like I said I'm not the oracle and I'm sure I'm going to get flak for this post. All I have to say is we should not thrash these companies for doing what every company does or did do at some point.
However, there is trust. Which some of these micro companies break by talking about hundreds of engineers that developed something they didn't or repackaging and naming the most basic components to create the illusion of innovation where none exists. To those companies I say let them have it. Anyway, there's my two cents. Actually it seems to be a lot more. Big shouts to the guy with doc evil as his avatar, can't remember the name, dell terminator, etc on the site. As I mentioned I'm visual so forgive the lack of name support.
First, he seems to put too much credit on his opinion ("there's my two cents. Actually it seems to be a lot more"), and, most important, I still completely missed his point. I understood what he said, but I still don't get where he want to go with this text...
