Correction - Alienware prices have gone up £200 over night from yesterday to today so now not so good value anymore. Actually pretty poor value tbh as the base 1070 spec is just over 2k and only comes with 1x 7200rpm HDD and 8GB ram.
They appear to not be honoring older orders now too.
I ordered the Alienware 15 R3 with 120hz G-SYNC and a few tweaks for £1886 Inc VAT on Nov 5th.
That order has sat in Pre-Production since then with the estimated delivery date slipping even further and further into late November (25th as of today).
I contacted them today to find out what's happening only to be told the following.
"I have checked the status and find that the note on this order is that a particular part of this order is " end of life" which would suggest that this order may not be fulfilled and could be cancelled. Please let me know if I can arrange a call from our sales team to discuss other options."
Instantly I checked the order page again to see that the configuration I've selected is now nearly £300 more.
This seems to me as a way of forcing me to repurchase at the higher price. The "other options" from the sales team will be a price hike! A bit underhanded to say the least.
I can still spec up the exact same machine just £300 more than before. There's nothing "end of life" with the spec, they're simply fobbing me off.
Not pleased.
I was toying with Auros and went for AW because it was cheaper and had TB3 support. I have no idea what to go for now.
AW and Auros seemed to be the only option for both 120hz AND G-SYNC.