My home built (OK bare bones system) all aluminium Shuttle XPC is
pretty good looking.

larry

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:29:49 -0400, Bill Wheatley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> go amd! :> Yea i'll always build my own computers its cheaper and while they are not quite as pretty as alienware they are still sexy.
>
> Especially with the new 300 dollar sexy aluminum case i got her ohhh she is so cute.
>
> William Wheatley
> Coldfusion Guru
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Tangorre, Michael
>  To: CF-Community
>  Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:24 AM
>  Subject: RE: Setting up an Alienware :)
>
>  In my opinion the laptops from alienware are the best bet... the desktop
>  PCs are a ripoff. My brother-in-law has an alienware PC and was always
>  dissing those of us who like to custom build our PCS. Well, I went out
>  and built a an AMD-64 with a nice RAID setup, DVD-RW, CD-ROM, top of the
>  line everything for about $1000 less. That alone is enough reason to
>  DIY.
>
>  Michael T. Tangorre
>
>  The machine so far is ROCK solid.
>  They are thoroughly tested before shipping, including Burn-In
>  testing of
>  all the components.
>  They also ship with their own Video Optimisation done so the
>  card is
>  clocked etc. to match the CPU (or at least that is how I
>  understand it).
>
>  The interior is clean! Everything nicely tucked away and tied
>  off, the
>  CPUs all have extra cooling solutions on them,
>  there are 3 80mm fans on the back of the case as well. There is
>  also the
>  additional Alienware video cooling solution,
>  meaning that you have a greater margin of safety for
>  overclocking the
>  graphics card right out the box.
>  It even comes with PowerStrip software to allow you to overclock
>  to your
>  heart's content.
>
>  The case itself is solid...it feels like you could sit on it
>  (150Lb
>  person) and it won't even creak.
>  Everything exudes quality and attention to detail.
>
>  Since the parts that they used can be purchased off the shelf
>  and
>  nothing is proprietary, you won't have a problem replacing
>  stuff, or
>  upgrading when you like.
>  I urged the GF to opt for a 3 year warranty on parts, so if
>  something
>  does go wrong she will get a replacement right away.
>
>  >From my buddy's experience with his alienware, even though he
>  is out of
>  the states when he called about a Hard disk problem they shipped
>  a brand
>  new
>  drive to him even before he sent back his old one, that was a
>  year or
>  two ago. AFAIK he has had no problems since then and the machine
>  is
>  always on
>  and always working rendering 3D Art across a network.
>
>  -Gel
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Tony Weeg
>
>  so are they actually GOOD boxes, or just pretty.  wondering
>  cause ive
>  heard about them here @ work from people, and no one has
>  mentioned the
>  performance, really.
>
>  tw
>
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