well,okay..
i can understand what u guys are trying to say..
anyways,we all have our ways rite?
so lets juz hope for the best..
hehehe..
anyways,all of ur opinions are good and thanks for sharing!!

well free stuff arent always good..i buy ori games like bc2 for its multiplayer..so yeah...

Free games , Ori software <3

I'd like to think that my fellow Alienware owners are in a league of their own, and since we invest so much in our hardware, some up to 5 figure numbers, you'd care about it more, and think of a more sophisticated and higher level than the general mentality of those who invested in the more "entry level" brands. Specifically when it comes to procuring your softwares and applications. There is a certain class, and expectations expected upon an Alienware owner when he joins the club, and that includes elevating your mentality beyond petty downloads and torrents. After all, your hardware/machines are of a higher calibre, but your thinking is still of the lower level? It's like giving a kapchai rider a Ferrari, he'll trash that exotic car in no time because his mentality is to ride his kapchai hard without regard to the wellbeing of his kapchai, even when he is given a Ferrari, he'll still bring that same old mentality into that Ferrari. C'mon fellas, be a classier group of people, you are after all, holding one of the most powerful laptop computers "in the universe" *as claimed by Alienware*. Act appropriately as according to the class of equipments you hold in your hands lah.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 12 2010, 06:41 PM

ill disagree on 1 point here , almost anybody now can own an alienware , is not like 5 years back when we must get it from Dell US with imba prices. So , i dont think we can be in the ferrari group yet xP alot of people would have bought an AW last PC fair , it was just the weight stopping them not price

and if i were really to buy only ori games , ill be surviving on bread and cheese =(

Then what is separating Alienware from the rest, if the mentality around here mirrors the cheapos at Acer or Benq? Owning an Alienware is like buying a relatively expensive car, the car does not run on its own without feeding proper fuel and good maintainance. If you did not account the cost of these things into your calculations before buying that car, then you will end up eating bread and maggi. Funny thing here is, you want to own an Alienware, but you cant afford the "fuel" that keep your Alienware alive? Just like how some people bought BMWs or higher end cars but buy cheap petrols from shady sources because they just want to be seen driving those cars. Does that mean you just want to be seen using an Alienware, without the right attitude that comes with owning one?

My point here is, both the right attitude and ownership of an Alienware comes hand in hand. Time to elevate yourself to a better class of thinking. You don't have to gobble everything in sight just because you want. Have a sense of conscience, right and wrong when you're about to do so. You just got yourself a better hardware, it's time to match that hardware with the right attitude.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 12 2010, 07:07 PM

can i buy some pot from you?

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 12 2010, 07:16 PM

Good news everyone. (Futurama quote FTW)

Dell is sending someone to check out and replace the lcd. (yeah, they say they will replace it, I dunno why when I just asked them to clean the dust particles for me -.-)

my alienware was free =( and im drag into buying ori for that =(

well stringfellow..
not everyone is as rich as u..

I dont get it.

If you cant afford to buy original, get cheaper (or free) alternatives.

As example, why pirate photoshop when you can use GIMP or Photoscape, when both are free?

Microsoft Office? Well, theres Open Office. Also free.

Nero? I have Ashampoo Burning Studio, CDBurnerXP and InfraRecorder, all free.

Winrar? Winzip? Well, 7zip is your completely free solution.

I'm not saying that I'm perfectly free of pirated shit, but I do try my best to find alternatives. And if I can afford it, I'll buy it. You can also try to get the company's copy, if you;re entitle to it (like my Adobe suite: I'm one of their IT multimedia staff and Microsoft Office). And even if I do have some pirated shit, I dont brag about it out loud.

This post has been edited by emino: Apr 12 2010, 08:17 PM

So using that analogy, if I get a free BMW or a nice high end cellphone, Im supposed to get free petrol for the car, or free talktime for the phone?

nothing to do with wealth.

i have glanced through stringfellow's previous posts and he has explicitly mentioned and i have taken the liberty to interpret it to my own accord; if you can afford to purchase such an upper scale/range of a computer, shouldn't you play a more proactive role to match it?

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Added on April 12, 2010, 8:27 pmoff topic and i'm speaking this out of context: reminds me so much about the typical chinese businessmen/entrepreneurs, who will rush to purchase a brand new mercedes E class, but succumb themselves to maintain/perform services at those kedai mechanic ah hock under the yum yum tree and using ciplak parts.

and when something goes amiss with their cars, they will then point their fingers, towards the lower quality/inferiority of mercedes.

not to mention, those drivers with gorgeous cars, who just refuse to fork out a single cent for parking! same scenario, and if their cars do get stolen/scratched/vandalised, where do their fingers point to this round?

human idiosyncrasy at its best!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 12 2010, 08:30 PM

its the users preference.
u wanna use antivirus onot, up to u. depending on ur needs and conditions.
u wanna use pirated softwares, up to u whether u wanna save money or u wanna save ur laptop.

users have choice to choose what laptop they buy, we cant stop them. they wanna use ori stuff, go ahead. they wanna use pirated stuff, what can we do ?
its their choice. they think its not necessary to spend so much on ori, just get pirated.

so, its the users choice. i choose to use antivirus cuz i will be poking lots of usb from various sources. im not into my own world only. i travel to sch with laptop. i need to transfer files all the time. don use antivirus = die straight away.

so thats my preference.

some softwares and games i choose pirated cuz i don wanna spend so much on gaming. after all i don really play those games. what's the point of spending so much on the games when i don really have time playing them seriously?
now just a student, money come from parents. buy laptop also they give money. if i tell them i wanan buy rm100 per game, i wan buy 5 games. they will kill me.

thats my case.

cheers

Free Antivirus to consider:
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There's no need for paid AV i think.. If you want to pay you should pay for a Security Suite.. such as Avast! 5 Internet Security, Avira Premium Security 10

i have been pirate-free in terms of games, softwares and apps for quite some time already.

my case on games is, i will definitely research on a game very thoroughly before purchasing it (it could be from forums, youtube, demo et cetera).

hence as a result of that, i have very little games on my PC and PS3 (only three to be precise). not only that, because your games are so limited, you will tend to spend more time 'appreciating' it and as a result your gaming experience will be enhanced thoroughly.

that's point number one.

point number two; games in physical format i.e. in discs, can be resold again (both online or game shops). best of all, preowned games can be resold and resold until it reaches a plateau price (the only marked distinction is, when you are selling it from brand new). it doesn't take a genius to figure all this out. my recent purchase, God of War will be my best example, i bought it for AUD130 and upon completion, i sold it for AUD93! i mean, there is a lost of AUD37, but surely this is negligible? not happy with losses? extreme kiasuness? here is another scenario. recently, i purchased 2 preowned games from eBay from AUD100 (COD MW2 and uncharted 2) and believe me, if i try trading them in, i can still make a profit.

point number three; subscribe to forums and gaming companies (like steam). offers and bargains are perpetually out there for grabs.

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Added on April 12, 2010, 8:47 pmor alternatively, try Microsoft Security Essentials. unless the copy of your windows is *cough cough* too.

it is free and works as prescribed. i mean, seriously, beggars cannot be choosers right?

reviews? get them here

you don't lose anything for trying.

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 12 2010, 08:54 PM

good for u

The most common rebuttal I get. Read what emino said. Your don't have to be rich to use your laptop with other alternatives.

Even if Im well-to-do, I still draw the line when it comes to stealing. Wants and needs as well. If I need something, I still save up, and get it purchased within the boundary of the law. If I want something, I'll still budget myself extra hard to get it, but but no matter how much I wanted it, it dies not exclude me from being subjected to the rules and regulations. A.k.a not stealing it. The problem with Malaysians is that they treat their "want" as a need. Games ate not a need, they're a "want". Software that does not jeopardize or affect your cari makan job, is not a "need", it's a want. The reason why people here treat everything as something they need is because they can get away with it. You're not stealing a BMW because you know you'll get on trouble with the law if you do. Stealing apps, software and/or games is harmless to you because there are no repercussions. The moment you see the end-result of stealing; ie fined/jailed, then you'll start adjusting your moral compass on what's right and wrong.

What's even funnier here is the irony that sone of you can afford the highest end laptops, some even proudly posting pictures of m11/15/17X or all three in fact, but don't even give a damn to match that level of material possession with the same enthusiasm when it cones to your digital belongings(your apps, games, software). You're lavish on your hardware purchase but can't even buy an RM100+ game? There's something wrong with picture isn't it?

we should also charge cyber cafe owners who don use original products in their computers

why are they purchasing good hardwares and good computers for their business, but using pirated softwares.

i don wanna mention the cc's name here. but i do know MOST use pirated copies of games. i hope their owners will coem in here and read all this

leave that to the authorities.

we, as consumers, should take the first initiative by ourselves.