This is what dumb people buy from alienware...16,400+

people who are filthy rich

Take that Dell..

Dell owns Alienware now...

-mcg

rofl, that voodoo pc costs more than a car

ok, as far as that voodoo goes, maybe i'm missing something but i'm sure you could build a rig yourself that gets comparable frames per second (like maybe 5 less) for less than 10,000. I mean jeez, 4 tb of storage!?!? (And i love how they threw in the 300gig external drive.)

I also like how the canadian price is almost identical to the us price! LOL!!

oh brother only a 24 " screen with all that. For that money you could have Sony or Samsung custom build you a 42" super gaming Lcd panel or larger.

..The sad part is Crysis would still only max out at about 28 fps at ultra settings with that rig...LOL

I think Alienware is a cool company, some people drool over their laptops when you have one..But too pricey for what you get I agree.

I built a custom system on Voodoo site the other day for 20,000. I then went and priced a system out on newegg and it didn't break 6K. That's with a 30'' monitor. Granted both systems would be out of my reach, but still it's rather ridiculous.

Some people will buy something like because:

A) They don't know a USB port from a hole in the ground and refuse to learn anything about computers.
B) Think that $$$$ = performance
C) They are too lazy to build it themselves.

i guess you are paying for some mighty fine customer service as well! I'd guess that dell couldn't hold a candle to vodoo in the tech support department, and some people will pay an arm and a leg for that kind of service.

Still, I think the only people who'd buy this computer would be someone who wasn't very familiar with computers anyway, or someone who wanted a sadistic way to prove their wealth to people on boards like this one!

Um, is it me or does anyone else see no performance benefit from RAID 0 with SSD's?

Comment,

There are 2 answers to this.

First, yes you may be dumb to buy a $16k computer, and,

Second, if you have $16k to spend (or blow on a computer) in the first place, then you may be smart enough to have made the money elsewhere, hence could easily afford the $16k.