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Re: Need help with PC purchase

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From: DirtyRAT
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:54
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I own a Falcon NW, and wouldn't ever buy another. I would get an Alienware,
due to lower prices and more warranty/features for the dollar. I happened to
compare what i spent on my new hand built comp with the same parts at
Alienware: the difference was $300 - not bad Alienware!
----DirtyRAT
"Dan Neely" <dan...@pitt.SPAMandDIE.edu> wrote in message
news:91e271$oqr$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu...
> "Kenneth Lantrip" <bothe...@mindspring.com> wrote
> Chris Youngblood <zel...@bellsouth.net>
> > inscribed the following:
> >
> > >I will soon purchase myself a brand new PC.  I can't decide if I want
to
> > >go with a Dell system with nice extras and a P4 1.4 GHz processor, or a
> > >Falcon NorthWest system with the same extras but a P3 900 MHz.  I hear
> > >Falcon NW puts out the best gaming computers (I like games) but I have
> > >always heard good things about Dell as well.  Does anyone have any
input
> > >to help me make a decision?  Or suggestions on another maching?
> > >
> > >Zelomax
> >
> > I've never heard of Falcon NorthWest...  But I know AlienWare makes some
> > "Killer Rigs".  They kind of set the goal for what a killer rig ought to
> be.
>
> Your PC history seems to have a few holes in it then.  Falcon NorthWest
has
> been building killer rigs long before alienware ever existed.  FNW set the
> standard for a killer rig.  Alienware is one of the few companies thats
been
> able to rise to the level of power FNW has set.
>
>
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