Re: DELL/Alienware/Boxxtech WAS Re: Re: Mac Book Pro and XSI

["Daniel Bachmann" <xsi.dbachmann(at)gmail.com>]

nacho,

i think eric has made a good proposal here. all manufacturers get their

hardware from somewhere. the key is to know where they have it from....

 

in fact i am building a new workstation right now. i have checked boxxtech

and alienware to choose my components and buy them for myself now at

hardware purchase price. sure, there is the risk that something expensive do

not work together, but for the money i save i enter the risk.

 

daniel

 

2006/7/4, Eric Lampi <ericlampi(at)yahoo.com>:

Hey Nacho,

If you're buying a Boxx or Alienware lappy, you're
paying a premium too.

http://alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m7700/aurora-m_gallery_front.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-7700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

http://www.boxxtech.com/products/2300.asp

Those are the same as the Sager 9750, 9890 series
notebooks.  http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.html

They are all made by an OEM company called Clevo.
Sagers tend to be cheaper, but the same hardware as
the other two.

I own an older Sager, and I've been very happy with
it.  I've referred a few people to this company and
they have all be very happy with them as well.

Check out www.notebookforums.com.  Lots of great info
here about all kinds of notebooks.  The guy who runs
it really knows his stuff.

E



--- Espiritu VFX < vfx_list(at)fibertel.com.ar> wrote:

> Daniel,
>
> I'm trying to buy one of the other options, but
> BoxxTech seems to have only $4000 machines! So what
> model of Dell or Alienware do you recommend me?
>
>
> TIA,
> Nacho
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Daniel Bachmann
>   To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>   Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 9:48 AM
>   Subject: Re: Re: Mac Book Pro and XSI
>
>
>   i have not much to say about xsi running on the
> mac book pro but about the hardware/software itself:
>
>   i just have finished an interactive installation
> using the new intel duo imac. from our experience we
> do not recommend this generation of macs to anyone.
> as with a lot of firstgen products from apple they
> are buggy as hell. using windows on them might add
> some more bugs too.
>
>   we had/have unsolved issues with the USB ports
> being deactivated randomly. first it was a osx bug
> (that was solved after i finished my project) that
> disconnected the keyboard randomly so i had to
> replug every 5-20 minutes while coding....
>
>   as for the mac book pro, there is the same thing
> happening. even mac geeks around me where stunished
> at first but after one day of playing with it, they
> thought too that too much is buggy, overheated and
> so on.
>
>   sorry, i do not want to break your fun down but i
> had a hard month with the intel duo machines behind
> me....
>
>   in fact i think too that you can get very decent
> workhorses from alienware/boxxtech without paying
> the design of apple.
>
>   so, if you want to work, get technology that is on
> the market for some time already and has been tested
> and approved. if you want to research and play, then
> apples can be a nice thing to have.
>
>   sorry, i do not want to start a war, i only wanted
> to tell you about my experience.
>
>   daniel
>
>
>
>


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