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Originally Posted by Eric640
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Like everything from Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Dell or any of those evil "good computer companies"...
They all charge 140% of what the peripherals are worth and then slap their brand name on it and call it a "quality product" when its ABSOLUTLEY NO DIFFERENT than the no name no brand white box something you bought off emachines.com for 500 bucks.
Except that it has the alienware logo and some alienware lights on the case. OOOOoooohhhh.
It's like buying Nike shoes. You are paying for the brand.
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Actually... a Dutch computer mag just checked if that's true. They tested an HP and a Dell computer, checked what was inside, and bought identical parts elsewhere (best prices they could find). The result: HP was clearly more expensive, some 100 Euros on top of the price (you'd pay that for the extra pick-up-and-return service, and extra software). Dell, on the other hand, was priced pretty much the same as the alternative do-it-yourself-computer!
Now, I wouldn't recommend a Dell to anyone, but (apparently) you can't accuse them of being overpriced...