And one of the unwritten things of this article: He's going from a "difficult, but probably doable" scenario when it comes to upgrading piecemeal to "hope you

And one of the unwritten things of this article: He's going from a "difficult, but probably doable" scenario when it comes to upgrading piecemeal to "hope you like what you get" scenario with the Alienware he had ordered. It's not 100% non-upgradable, but there are a lot of bespoke oddball parts in them, notably the motherboard and power supply. I do wish these companies were more upfront when it comes to how upgradable systems are. Some may not care, but I'm the go to tech support person for a bunch of people, and I hate having to tell them they can't upgrade their machine like they want to, despite being a desktop in principle.