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Article #287695Re: Need help with PC purchase
From: DirtyRAT
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:54
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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