drkeiscool said:
Alienware
I have heard some bad shit about alienware's hardware from before they were bought by Dell, but I'm typing this post on a 2009 m15x and I can say it runs great (and my keyboard glows green like a boss). I've never had any problems with the hardware nor software. I've also read that devs often test pc games on builds from alienware. You said "as of right now" and I was looking at gaming laptops for a friend last summer and in my opinion the m18x or m17x offered some the best features at a premium price. Others recommend the Asus Republic of Gamers laptops because they give more for your buck, but they're also bigger and have less battery than the recently released Alienwares.
Flutterguy said:
Unless you are a millionaire or in dire need for a gaming laptop due to travel, I would say reconsider. The alienware my friend spent 3000 on a year ago was only usable an hour at best before overheating and becoming unusable, besides toasting bread, was great at toasting bread, I didn't believe him till he showed me.
The unit I'm typing on totally gets only an hour of battery. But the m17x my friend bought last year gets about 4 hours which corroborates with the reviews I saw over the summer so its actually longer than other gaming laptops
But I do agree. I may have just sweet talked alienware but gaming laptops aren't for everyone and I kinda regret buying one. I wish I had just bought desktop to do my leg work and bought a separate laptop that was lighter, cheaper, more portable, and had a battery life. In all honesty, it would have cost the same as my laptop. As it stands, I'm stuck with this behemoth (even though I feel the hardware is very reliable).
So to summarize, you have some options to think about. 1) you can buy a huge gaming laptop like m17x or Asus Republic of Gamers, but you might as well think of it as an-in-one pc with a built in backup battery. Some people want that. 2) you can take the middle road and get something halfway decent like the m14x or Lenovo y500 (cheap) so its not too heavy and the battery gets 4 or 5 hours. 3) buy an ultrabook with a decent graphics card for a lot of money like the higher end Asus Zenbooks or the Razer blade 14". You'll get a system that's really expensive, fast, portable, 5 or 6+ hours of battery, and can play any game you put on it but not at the highest settings.
Or 4) fuck it. Buy a nice desktop and a decent laptop
