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    What make Origin so L33t?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by GamerGator, Oct 23, 2010.

  1. GamerGator

    GamerGator Notebook Guru

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    Ok I have finally broke down and went with a x7200. I just cant get myself to deal with alienware/dell ever again. So I went to most of the major US reseller. But is the deal with Origin.... Are their laptops really that awesome!

    Basically what I'm looking is:

    Sager NP7280 Custom Laptop (Built on the Clevo X7200)
    - 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080)-
    - Intel® Core™ i7-950 (3.06-3.33GHz) 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8 GT/sec QPI, LGA 1366
    - -Stock OEM Thermal Compound
    - SLi ENABLED DUAL (2) 2048MB PCI-Express nVIDIA GTX 480M's (4096MB Total) w/GDDR5 DX11 Video Cards (User Upgradeable)
    - ~ 12,288MB DDR3 1066MHz Memory (3 SODIMM
    - ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
    - ~ 500GB (w/ 4GB SSD Memory) Seagate XT 7200RPM NCQ Hybrid (Serial-ATA II 300 - 32MB Cache)
    - Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
    - 3 Year Parts & Labor Warranty 24/7 Tech Support

    And here are the prices for the resellers I searched:

    RJ Tech: $3,504.00
    XoticPC: $3,668.00
    Malibal: $3,649.00
    lpc-digital: $3.633.00
    Power Notebook: $3,643.00
    Sager: $3,813.00
    Origin: $4,699.00 ()

    All are all speced out the same ..... Any ideas why origin is so much higher then the rest?
     
    GamerGator, Oct 23, 2010
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  2. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Becuase they can.
    It's up to the consumer to see what deal is the best for them.
     
    IKAS V, Oct 23, 2010
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  3. dexgo

    dexgo Freedom Fighter

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    rjtech is what i went with. they are almost always the lowest.. and i guess.. it comes down to support after the fact?

    they are all clevo x7200's.
     
    dexgo, Oct 23, 2010
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  4. Phinagle

    Phinagle Notebook Prophet

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    Origin is the old Alienware.
     
    Phinagle, Oct 23, 2010
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  5. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    The funny thing is... current owners of OriginPC were once part of the Alienware team ;)


    ^^^ Lol, Phinagle, you beat me again, hahaha!
     
    Aikimox, Oct 23, 2010
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  6. Renovatio

    Renovatio Notebook Consultant

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    You could probably send the RJTech one's link to some of the others to get a price match if you prefer the support of one of the other sites, I know Xoticpc has an option on their page.
     
    Renovatio, Oct 24, 2010
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  7. emc_2

    emc_2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It was founded by ex Alienware guys. Looks like they brought the AW pricing with them though :p I personally would go with XoticPC, with RJTech coming in second. If you want the cheapest price, order from xotic, they will price match.
     
    emc_2, Oct 24, 2010
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