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    ALIENWARE 18 BACK ONLINE AMD GPU'S ONLY OPTIONS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by denny1514, Feb 7, 2015.

  1. denny1514

    denny1514 Notebook Enthusiast

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  2. Player2

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    They must of just found a warehouse with a bunch of 18s in it that they forgot about somewhere so they put them back up for sale to get rid of them. Still no alienware 18 with 970m or 980m . But still for sale non-the-less.
     
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    Interesting, however they never stopped selling the 18 on alienware.co.uk
     
    tinker_xp, Feb 7, 2015
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    rtnlsltn Notebook Consultant

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    This should be posted in the M18 forum. I'm sure these will get gobbled quickly.
     
    rtnlsltn, Feb 7, 2015
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  5. scracy

    scracy Notebook Consultant

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    Still selling AW 18 in Australia too :)
     
    scracy, Feb 8, 2015
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  6. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Probably depleting leftovers. It's twice as fast to sell SLI than a single-GPU machine.
     
    J.Dre, Feb 8, 2015
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  7. scracy

    scracy Notebook Consultant

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    Yep they don't call Australia the $2 shop for nothing lol,though sometimes buying what the rest of the world doesn't want isn't so bad.
     
    scracy, Feb 8, 2015
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  8. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    @scracy - In this case, it is not what the rest of the world doesn't want. Maybe it is more like what they (Alienware) do not want us to have.

    Oddly, the Alienware 18 no longer shows up in the US at www.alienware.com like it did the other day. The link in the OP still works ( http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-18/pd?oc=dkdnx111p&model_id=alienware-18) but it seems that page is not accessible except by using the direct link. Only the crappy new BGA models show up through normal browsing.
     
    Mr. Fox, Feb 8, 2015
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    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Yup still available here down under at the insanely ridiculous high prices!!! I would probably buy one if the prices were decent enough.

    Starting Price$3,999.00 1
    Cash Off$500.00 1
    Online Price$3,499.00
    LOL :eek:
     
    reborn2003, Feb 14, 2015
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  10. jlyons264

    jlyons264 Notebook Evangelist

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    That is almost tempting... that would be a huge upgrade for me...
     
    jlyons264, Feb 14, 2015
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  11. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Oh definetly a great upgrade over your previous laptop.. My only worry would be support wise.. Already people with Alienware 18 /M18x laptops are being offered the Crappy Alienware 17 R2 as warranty replacements...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 15, 2015
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