Alienware vs Mac

[moof]

Which is better?

 

Also is there anything out there that pisses on these two performance wise?

 

Thirdly, Desktop or laptop?

[Reacher]

If you where willing to build your own for the money you'd spend on these. You'd have a machine that'd piss all over both.

 

I have a

 

Pentium i5 2600k

 

32gb of Corsair ram 1600mhz freq

 

A Radeon gfx card that cost £430 it's a 4k series and runs every game without breaking a sweat, although that's a stupid amount for a gfx card, couldn't resist.

 

2TB drive

 

And a 128GB SSD for my OS. Windows boots up in seconds.

 

Ministry of gamers mainboard. With a audible sound card.

 

I built it in an afternoon. You can build a really good spec for under a grand and assembly isn't that hard at all. You've just got to make sure it's all compatible.

 

I'd go for desktop everytime easier to do and upgrade, depends if you want to be mobile tho.

[Mr Nando]

Alienware is over priced shit.

 

Macs are pieces of crap that constantly break as well.

 

Either build your own comp or use a website such as PCSPECIALIST - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC

 

My new desktop I got from there would of cost at least 500 quid more if I'd wanted the same specs from a branded company such as Dell, Sony, HP etc...

[Lee909]

Anyone on her have any idea how much it would cost to build a PC to play the next total war game.

I don't know what the specs needed are yet but to play it at a decent level they will need to be pretty high.

[Mr Nando]

Anyone on her have any idea how much it would cost to build a PC to play the next total war game.

I don't know what the specs needed are yet but to play it at a decent level they will need to be pretty high.

 

No idea mate as all they've released so far are some screenies.

 

But if you can play Shogun 2 on high, I reckon you should be ok for Rome 2 imo.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Don't buy Alienware. If you're going down the PC route, build your own. In fact, if you do that, you can quite easily install Mac on it and have both.

 

Although, Macs have superb build quality, Nando is talking shit on this one.

[Mr Nando]

silly forum

[Mr Nando]

Don't buy Alienware. If you're going down the PC route, build your own. In fact, if you do that, you can quite easily install Mac on it and have both.

 

Although, Macs have superb build quality, Nando is talking shit on this one.

 

 

Yeah they look nice and pretty... great.

[Lee909]

 

No idea mate as all they've released so far are some screenies.

 

But if you can play Shogun 2 on high, I reckon you should be ok for Rome 2 imo.

 

I don't have a PC at the moment.

I only have my laptop which can only just about cope with with medieval 2.

[Baltar]

As others have said, there's no point of buying Alienware when you can build something similar for far less. Even though it's not as cheap to build your own PC as it used to be, you can still build a beast of a machine for less than the overpriced Alienware machines.

[Acid]

Macs are pieces of crap that constantly break as well.

 

Had my iMac a year and a half, hasn't broken once yet. Had my iPhone for 3 and a half years, didn't break once.

[moof]

Cheers for the replies.

 

Where would I start if I want to build my own? I feel a bit out of my depth with this sort of thing. That's why I originally thought something like Alienware would be better because it's high spec but ready built... sort of thing.

 

Agree with the build quality and design of Apple computers. Top class and simply iconic. The alienware's look cool as fuck too.

[moof]

Alienware is over priced shit.

 

Macs are pieces of crap that constantly break as well.

 

Either build your own comp or use a website such as PCSPECIALIST - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC

 

My new desktop I got from there would of cost at least 500 quid more if I'd wanted the same specs from a branded company such as Dell, Sony, HP etc...

 

Checking this website out now, looks pretty ace cheers mate. Rep is in the post.

 

Hank, how easy is it to install mac on a pc system? I had Linux added to an old computer but I'm not even sure if this is similar.

[Reacher]

http://Www.ebuyer.com is usually one of the cheapest around for components.

[Baltar]

Cheap Laptops, Computers and Cheap LCD TVs | Ebuyer.com is usually one of the cheapest around for components.

Yeah ebuyer is a good site, I bought most of my components from there for my most recent PC build.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Yeah they look nice and pretty... great.

 

No.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Cheers for the replies.

 

Where would I start if I want to build my own? I feel a bit out of my depth with this sort of thing. That's why I originally thought something like Alienware would be better because it's high spec but ready built... sort of thing.

 

Agree with the build quality and design of Apple computers. Top class and simply iconic. The alienware's look cool as fuck too.

 

If you buy a motherboard and processor from tonymacx86 Blog: CustoMac, you'll be able to run the latest version of Mac on your PC.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

This is what I've got, and I run both Mac 10.8.0 100% natively, and Windows 7 (I'll put Windows 8 on when it gets released).

 

Processor: 3570k Ivy Bridge, running at 4.5ghz.

MoBo: Z77X-UD5H

RAM: 8gb Corsair

SSD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD

PSU: OCZ ZT 650W, which is fully modular.

Cooler: Corsair H100, which cools the fuck out of my processor. Easy as bolting on a fan.

Case: Corsair 600T

 

I don't have a video card yet, I'm using the HD4000 which is integrated into the processor. I'll probably get a fancy card at some point, but because I don't play games all that often, it's something I just haven't got 'round to.

[Acid]

What's the difference between solid state drives and err, UN-solid?

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Solid state drives have no moving parts and have far higher read/write rates than HDs, which have spinning disks with heads that need to move across the disk to read the data.

 

They're fucking ace for having your operating system and applications on.

[kelster]

Both overpriced shit, and in the case of Apple vastly so.

 

I've bought my last Apple product now after having a Macbook. The battery was dying so I flipped it open to have a look at it and stopping me from taking it out was a screw head which I subsequently found out to be called a Tri-wing Y1. The only reason for having that particular screw head there is to make self-replacement a little more difficult and rip people off by having then go to an overpriced 'genius' replace it.

 

I now use a lovely little Samsung which has way more power than any Macbook I've ever had. Apple are utter cunts.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

So you had a computer, had it long enough for the battery to die, then when you got a new one, it was better spec'd? Fuck me.

[kelster]

So you had a computer, had it long enough for the battery to die, then when you got a new one, it was better spec'd? Fuck me.

 

What? Oh, I see. You didn't bother to pick up on the main point of the screw head. Sorry if I badmouthed Apple.

 

And the Macbook was 18 months old. Far too soon for a battery to need replacing. And when more powerful, I mean out of all proportion to the price paid. My Samsung cost £900, to (slight under) spec an equal 15-inch Macbook today I'd have to pay £1200. That's with an inferior graphics card and smaller hard-drive.

Edited August 19, 2012 by kelster

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

What? Oh, I see. You didn't bother to pick up on the main point of the screw head.

 

That's because I didn't care about the screw. All the Mac laptops I've had you can pull them out easily.

 

Sorry if I badmouthed Apple.

 

I couldn't give a fuck about them, not until they replace my keyboard.

 

And the Macbook was 18 months old. Far too soon for a battery to need replacing. And when more powerful, I mean out of all proportion to the price paid. My Samsung cost £900, to (slight under) spec an equal 15-inch Macbook today I'd have to pay £1200. That's with an inferior graphics card and smaller hard-drive.

 

And nothing better about it at all, right?

[kelster]

And nothing better about it at all, right?

 

Apple says the battery lasts 7 hours to 6 for the Samsung. And that really is it.

 

Edit: when I said 15-inch Macbook Pro, I meant 13-inch. Of course the 15-inch starts at £1500.

Edited August 19, 2012 by kelster