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If you’ve been keeping up with our YouTube channel and Twitter, you’ve seen that we’ve detailed our own frustrations with Dell in recent months. These frustrations range from scummy business tactics, to exceedingly low-quality pre-built gaming PCs. Dell’s pre-built G5 5000 isn’t worth considering even if all you wanted was the GPU.
All that said, we now bring you news of consumer frustrations with Dell, in case you got tired of hearing ours. We received an...

Computer manufacturer Dell has found itself the target of a recently filed class-action lawsuit. A California man has filed a suit claiming that the company falsely advertised the capabilities of its Alienware 51M R1 gaming laptop. Alienware is the gaming division of Dell.
In an email to KnowTechie, a representative for Robert Felter, the Dell customer who has filed the suit, highlighted the complaint that was filed earlier this week in California. According to the complaint, Dell falsely...

This latest piece of news or article about Dell hit with class-action lawsuit over Alienware Area 51-m R1 component upgrades was originally reported by techspot.com. Let’s have a look at what they have to say about it. According to the reports by techspot.com, “Dell hit with class-action lawsuit over Alienware Area 51-m R1 component upgrades.”

In one word: Dell is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that its Alienware Area 51-m R1 ads “intentionally misled and misled” buyers. The laptop is touted with unprecedented upgradability, but San Francisco plaintiff Robert Felter denies that claim.
The Alienware Area 51-m R1 received many rave reviews upon its launch after the CES 2019 announcement. Many praised its desktop-like ability to allow users to upgrade components; Intel’s core desktop CPU resides...

At CES 2019, Alienware made a surprising announcement. The company’s then-new Area-51m gaming laptop wouldn’t just be a typical boutique refresh. The new system could be upgraded in the future, in a manner and degree different than typical laptops.
Then, about 16 months later, Alienware backtracked. Suddenly we were told that the Area-51m could only be upgraded with components available when the system was ordered. The Area-51m, in other words, wasn’t really upgradeable...

A complaint filed on Wednesday seeks to “redress the greed” of Dell Technologies in connection with representations it made about its flagship gaming laptop, the Alienware Area 51M R1 (Area 51M R1). According to the plaintiff, Dell caused unsuspecting customers to overpay for the laptop based on the promise that certain core hardware components were fully upgradeable, when, in reality, they were not.
The Northern District of California filing explained that prior to the...

In a class action lawsuit filed in the US district court of Northern California, the owner of an Alienware Area 51M R1 gaming laptop alleges that Dell knowingly misled him with advertisements over the laptop's "unprecedented upgradeability."
The 20-page complaint claims that Alienware was "falsely misrepresenting characteristics and qualities of the Area 51M that it knew did not exist," alleging breach of contract and warranty, false advertising and unlawful business practices under the...

In a nutshell: Dell is facing a class-action lawsuit over allegations that ads for its Alienware Area 51-m R1 "intentionally misled and deceived" buyers. The laptop is promoted as featuring unprecedented upgradeability, but San Francisco-based plaintiff Robert Felter disputes that claim.
The Alienware Area 51-m R1 received plenty of glowing reviews following its release after the CES 2019 announcement. Many praised its desktop-like ability that allows users to upgrade the components; the...

A California man has filed for a class action lawsuit against PC manufacturer Dell, claiming that the company "intentionally misled and deceived" buyers of its Alienware Area 51-m R1 gaming laptop, which was advertised to be more upgradeable than other gaming notebooks.
The plaintiff, Robert Felter, who is based in San Francisco, alleges that Dell misleads customers to believe that the laptop would be upgradeable, possibly into future generations of components. The case, Felter v. Dell...

Despite the slowing down of markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020 has been a prolific month for the Securities Exchange Commission. The agency’s Office of the Whistleblower has announced a $27 million award followed by a $5 million award.
Upon the announcement of the $27 million award, the agency hailed it as a milestone for its whistleblower program, which brought the total amount of SEC whistleblower awards “over the $400 million mark.” Up until April 20th,...