Is This A Good Deal????

[Alien82]

Alienware Area-51M Extreme Silver Saucer Color

1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Depot Service

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

Area-51m Case with 15.4" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display - Saucer Silver

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition 3.2GHz 800MHz FSB 2.5MB Cache

SiS648FX + SiS963L AGP8X Chipset

1024MB DDR PC-3200 - 2x512 SO-DIMMs

AREA-51M ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Module with 128MB DDR

Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 NX USB External

Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache

4x2x8x DVD+RW / 16x10x24x CD-RW Combo w/Software

Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC

56K Modem with V.92 Technology

Built-In Wireless 802.11a/b/g miniPCI Card

Bluetooth USB Adapter

Area-51m Multi-function Infrared Remote control

Alienware® Premium Backpack

USB Floppy Drive

Additional Primary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack

Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Space Black

Belkin K100 Security Key Lock

Microsoft® Works Suite 2004

Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black

AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System


$999- IS THIS A RIP OFF, OR A GOOD DEAL??????????
Please answer because I'm seriously considering this laptop!!!
Thanks!!!

[bombledmonk]

Yes this is a good deal. But I'm curious, Is this directly from the site or another source, because it almost seems to be "too" good of a deal.
I may also just be out of the laptop pricing loop, but it IS a good deal.

[bill1971]

I agree with Ben.

Looks a little too good. Proceed with caution, get all of the information that you can, and check out the seller thoroughly.

The CPU alone should be worth several hundred dollars (?)

I can't figure out why they would load all of those powerful components on a slower Sis648 chipset board??

Just food for thought.

- Bill

[Alien82]

I found the deal on yahoo classifieds and I e-mailed someone who bought from them and he's happy.
It's brand new, but not directly from Alienware.

Whats the prob with the chipset board???

[bombledmonk]

There is no problem with it. It's just not the best.

[Alien82]

What would be better?
And is everything else the best??

People have a low opinion of SiS chipsets due to bad experiences back in the Socket 7 days of computing. SiS has long since corrected such problems and now produces probably the best chipsets available from a price-versus-quality standpoint.

A better solution in regards to performance would be a true Intel chipset, but expect to pay considerably more. Unless you enjoy running synthetic benchmarks, then there is nothing wrong with a SiS chipset motherboard.

Robert Richmond

[bill1971]

Rob's correct:

I didn't mean to demean Sis in any way. They are a fine company.

I just couldn't see a 3.2 GHz Extreme Edition CPU, a gig of PC3200 memory, Radeon 9600 Pro, Audigy sound, and then Alienware trying to save a few bucks on the chipset. (??)

It just seems a little strange to me.

Alien82 - keep us posted if you pursue this deal. I'm not in the market for a laptop, but I'd be tempted to jump on that deal for $999.

- Bill

[Cook_1]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree, this deal it a little too good to be true.

[Alien82]

I asked him how many are left, and I'll let you know!!

We are probably buying 2, it's too good a deal to pass up...