Well I am a little baffled today when I went to configure an m15x. I do this every few days to see if any components have come down in price.
2 weeks ago AW dropped the price of the 9800m gt to +250 dollars from the stock video card, ati 3870. Before this the price was +350 dollars.
I went to AW site today to config a new m15x to find they have raised the price of the 9800m gt back up to +350 dollars?? This is an outdated card with the 200 series now out and they decided to raise the cost? Are they just trying to milk the m15x as much as they can before pulling it for the all powerful line of laptops? I have never seen a company raise their prices on outdated hardware after lowering it.
Oh and first postI am a regular reader on the boards but I finally decided to go ahead and register haha.
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Its Alienware! It is their duty to make components upgrades overpriced!
However the upgrade to 1200p is really inexpensive... 100$ -
While I agree they tend to overprice components this one struck me as very odd. They have been lowering the costs of their line of laptops, even removing one (m17x), only to make room for a new line of laptops in 8 days. Why on earth would they be raising the prices on laptops they just discounted. It seems so silly.
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Alienwares are always overpriced. Go get a sager np8662. It's the best bang for buck.
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very very true
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It's always a pleasure to se Alienware's biggest fan. Again! -
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lol very very true when you could run that Mac on a sager ... if there were drivers...O wait because Apple is more over priced and limiting then AW
All you get told by them is NO
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lol
sager doesn't get 5 hours of battery or illuminated keyboard .
designs cost/exclusive's cost -
Well now... It seems it's price went up again... to 400$. :l
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What the hell is going on? The 9800m gt was +450 when it was the best video card in the market.. Don't play stupid with me alienware... We are on to you..
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Maybe it is some problem with the supply of GPUs. In alienware germany, m15x and m17x shipping date were stated as june 19 when 9800 GT is selected, until today afternoon. Now there are suddenly no more delays and the estimated delivery date is June 5! The prices in alienware.de are going crazy at the moment and changing every minute or so.
Looking fwd for a price drop from 257 Euro for 9800 GT and grab an m17x !! -
Maybe AW is finally offering the m280 with their m15x (thanks to JDELUNA's efforts and none in-house
), and in all the excitement they changed the price on the website before changing the options...
I know, yeah right. However, they are slow, sometimes beyond slow, to change their website. They still show white as an option in AlienFX, when I don't think any US buyers' notebook has shipped with that option in some time. They also continue to show unboxing videos that evidence a mousepad new buyers will not get. -
dude its 2400 for 9800m gt SLI on m17x
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that's amazing... I think I'd buy five m280s, and toss 'em in the trash when they burst into flames.
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huh?
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Oh, my bad. Thought you meant $2400 for the two 9800m upgrade! Big diff.
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hmm... it is 1557 Euros for m17x with 9800 GT, not SLI. and everything else base config. And they no longer offer WUXGA+ resolution - only 1440 x 900. Also no ripley / skullcap choice; dont know if they used to give that option earlier though.
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we are already discussing stories on "what when AllPowerful comes up?"
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When I was looking into getting a second 7950 GTX for my M9750, A.W. quoted me $386. A month later when I decided to get it, the "new" price was $477.
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I still think the best bang for your buck is the new gateway p-7807u, its got the 9800m, 4 gigs ddr3, a p8600, and a 7200 rpm drive, all for just over 1,000 dollars. A similar rig anywhere else would cost you 1500+. Tha being said I did opt for the alienware m15x as I just liked it more.
m15x 9800m gt price increase!?
Discussion in 'Alienware' started by mfrosty, May 24, 2009.