Dell axes XPS, relies on Alienware

[Badluck Inc]

The wife has a Dell laptop and desktop . Haven't had a problem with either and bought both for a great price with some coupons she found . Granted you cant upgrade the Dells so next year when tax refund comes in am going to build her a new desktop .

[NoctisReitop]

*grabs torch and pitchfork* Down with Alienware and all related companies!

Speaking of nifty laptops, my girlfriend's father just ordered a sweet gaming laptop from Toshiba. It's damn nice. It even has a sub woofer in the bottom of it. I've yet to hear such great quality music from a lappy. I haven't been able to see it run many games, but I'm sure it'll run pretty nice. It's sporting some kind of nVidia SLI setup. I think it's got two Turbo Cache cards in SLI. For some reason it's claiming between 512 and 1gb of video memory. It's fishy to me, but we can't seem to get exact specs on the cards inside. I think it's 2x 256TC SLI cards. But I know if I ever had to buy another laptop, I'd certainly go with one of those.

[garetjax]

I've seen (and held) that exact laptop you're talking about Noctis. You are right, it is damn nice. Only problem is that it's one heavy SOB.

[NoctisReitop]

3 lbs lighter than my laptop =\

Are you familiar with what the video card specs are, exactly, garetjax? I haven't procured the identification information to look it up myself, yet. Just wondering if you knew off hand.

[JazzyJake]

Would it happen to be a variant of this?

Qosmio® Laptop Computers from Toshiba

Built in sub and such, but I didn't see any specifics that would make me call it a "gaming laptop"

[azianai]

sager offers SLI for 8800GTXm
And you can get one for under 3 thousand too!
I mean, Alienwares what start at 3 grand? lol

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by NoctisReitop

Are you familiar with what the video card specs are, exactly, garetjax? I haven't procured the identification information to look it up myself, yet. Just wondering if you knew off hand.

I don't, no. If I had to guess, I would say either a 8600M or 8800M series videocard(s). If you want, you may want to pose your question HERE.

[WhiteEagle]

Originally Posted by azianai

white eagle, better step on that XPS purchase =P

I'm going HP now. I get 30% off cause I work for McDs.

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by Dell

I’m guessing that most hardcore gamers don’t actually read the WSJ - but there’s nothing like a little link love to connect us to stories that impact us. Here is the real scoop on what we are up to.

Dell XPS and Alienware are both great brands – arguably the greatest brands in PC gaming – and both will live on. But we are going to expand our focus on Alienware. We are going to invest like crazy in product development, design and engineering to propel Alienware as the premier gaming brand in the future. We are integrating the best gaming product development, engineering and design teams in the industry — Alienware and XPS — and this all-star lineup will be supported by a worldwide sales and marketing organization[...]

XPS gaming systems will remain an important part of our gaming product portfolio. We don’t plan an early phase-out of these systems as the WSJ incorrectly stated, and in fact will continue to refresh them to keep them on the front edge of gaming...

Dell Blog

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Dell

Dell XPS and Alienware are both great brands – arguably the greatest brands in PC gaming...

Veto.

Is it just me, or is the shit getting deep in here?