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The outer limits: with larger PC-makers struggling, why is Alienware doing so well?

Entrepreneur, March, 2005 by Mike Hogan

* BOT SMALL-FOOTPRINT DESKTOP: 2.53GHz Celeron with 256K cache, 1GB of 400MHz RAM and 7,200RPM hard drive with 8MB cache

STARTING PRICE: $639

* MJ-12M 7700 MAGNESIUM LAPTOP: 17-inch WideXGA display, 3.6GHz Pentium 4 with 1MB cache, 1GB of 533MHz RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go graphics and 802.11a/b/g wireless

STARTING PRICE: $2,319

* MJ-12 7750 SILVER-AND-BLACK WORKSTATION: Dual 2.8GHz Intel Xeons with 1MB cache each, 2GB of 400MHz RAM, ATI FireGL V7100 graphics and a 460-watt power supply

STARTING PRICE: $2.189

MIKE HOGAN is Entrepreneur's technology editor. Contact him at mhogan@entrepreneur.com.

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