Dell Slams Gamers yet again

[KingBahamut]

"[H]ard|OCP has an entertaining review of a Dell XPS 400 'Gaming PC'." From the article: "If the Dimension XPS400 is any indication, Dell considers computer gamers a joke. Harsh, yes. But we think it's accurate. The system itself is a decent gaming platform and the hardware was well built. It was put together decently with parts that can pull the weight required to play today's graphically intensive games. But we couldn't even install one of the most popular games on the market, Sims 2, and trying to play other popular games would lock up the system and gaming sessions, when they would run, would get interrupted. The pre-installed programs that Dell chose to include on its computer were almost certainly the cause of all these problems, and unloading these programs from the boot-up routine fixed the problems."

External Link
http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=OTI0

And you know, I wanted so to see one of those XPS gamer styled laptops, I guess Ill be saving my money for the Area 51 over at Alienware instead.

[three_sixteen]

I think that buying an Alienware laptop because of a software problem is a bit overkill ;)

[leech]

Well, it's been my experience that the only thing you'd ever want from Dell are desktop PCs, and even then, I'd rather go with someone else.

Why would any high-end gamer buy a Dell? Most PC gamers know what sort of hardware to buy, and if they're just hardcore gamers without PC knowledge, they buy an xbox. Those Alienware machines are too expensive as well.

Maybe I should just open a business selling high-end PCs for less than Alienware, I'd probably make a killing.

Leech

[three_sixteen]

Well, it's been my experience that the only thing you'd ever want from Dell are desktop PCs, and even then, I'd rather go with someone else.

Why would any high-end gamer buy a Dell? Most PC gamers know what sort of hardware to buy, and if they're just hardcore gamers without PC knowledge, they buy an xbox. Those Alienware machines are too expensive as well.

Maybe I should just open a business selling high-end PCs for less than Alienware, I'd probably make a killing.

Leech

But I like paying $3000 for the alien head logo! It's so different!

[Griff]

I've used the Area 51-m laptop from Alienware and that thing was mighty impressive. It was a friend's, but he only paid about $1000 for it and it was a beast. For the money, I honestly have not seen anything close to the specs it had for even close to as cheap as Alienware had it. My next laptop will definately come from them.

[tlc]

Nowt wrong with Dell XPS laptops...

1. Buy laptop.
2. Plug in router and mouse.
3. Install Ubuntu.
4. Run arnieboy's automatix script to install essental stuff.
5. Remove legacy nvidia stuff and install latest driver.
6. Install Quake4, Doom3, UT2k4, Postal2, SS:TFE, SS:TSE
7. (Optional) Spend an hour fannying about de-uglifying Gnome.
8. Get fragging... :D

[KingBahamut]

Thats a Philosophy someone can live by I suppose.
=)

Like your automatix reference.