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The owner of a few companies and I got into it on a couple of forums.
I am unlike most people. I take insults and criticisms and try to find the root of them. I look at them from many different angles and try to see if there is any merit to the claim so I can correct any real problems if they do in fact exist.
I have found that many times things people say are actually mirrored statements... they are truly the weakness of the one making the claim. I took the things that were being said and researched them. It was during this research that led me to the realization that almost none of the companies out there selling notebooks actually build them. That is something many, many people did not know, and I was one of them.
One of the things they were saying was that "Notebooks are all the same."
I started to see a cloning effect that things I was offering were being adopted by other companies in an attempt to "look as-if". Suddenly all these companies that were portraying themselves as bigger, more established, and better started changing their tune to, "We are the same as...", then, "We are just as good as..." and whatever happens to them now is insignificant to me because I realized they are not my competition. They are not doing it. They are simply order takers.
If you ever call the first tier distributors, the ones actually building the notebooks, and the ones supporting the notebooks, you will find the tech support is non-existent, the components they use are whatever they can get their hands on for the cheapest amount, the Dead pixel policy means 5 dead pixels.
The system isn't optimized, or tweaked, if you call them, they aren't familiar with the games you are playing or what can be done to improve performance for your specific needs. If your a gamer, or an engineer, CAD/CAM designer, HD tv content editor, small business... whatever, you have different needs. I for one want to be talking to someone who knows the difference and can give me what I want and explain to me what it is and why I need it... and I want it to perform.
So here's what I know. I know mediocrity when I see it. You throw a different paint job on the same ole jalopy and it runs the same.
Final thoughts:
In a symbiotic system, the components have been tested to work together optimally. More than likely they are high end components and they are NOT the cheapest things available.
Know the difference between the skills and passion to constantly be striving to be better and come up with the next thing, and "me too's".
If someone loves it if someone is taking it to the next level, they are probably going to take allot pride in your system.
I also had a horrible experience with xoticpc. I placed an order for a Sager NP5797 ($3000+ laptop). I used a coupon I found online for $37 off of shipping. The coupon was accepted by their system, order was placed, all is good. I get an email the next day stating the coupon code doesn't apply for the laptop I ordered. I spoke to them over the phone and by online chat asking where on their website does it state it doesn't work for that laptop. I was treated in a rude manner and never did get pointed to anything other than a general disclaimer that said some codes are only accepted for particular systems. Basically they weren't going to accept the code although their system accepted it and the order was placed. Because I was mislead and treated in a rude manner, I canceled my order. I'll use pctorque or the sager website instead. Avoid at all costs! 
