High End Laptop Suggestions (yes, another thread on this...)

CivGeneral said:
Id recommend going for a desktop if you intend on gaming.
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That may be all good and true, but the OP did say that portability is a good thing for him. There are plenty of decent gaming laptops out there actually, and while they wont necessarily be as cheap as their desktop equivalents, if you like to do some gaming, but also want the ability to move your computer fairly often, a gaming laptop will better suit you.
 
Laptops aren't really best for the super modern heavy games, but you could probably play a few games on it.
 
At lower resolutions such as 1366x768 and lower, they are still very acceptable. Hell, most can even run crysis on decent settings at that resolution.
 
Well, guys, went with the alienware. Talked with the wife, and her position was it was worth the money to get what I really wanted out of this, vs. spending money for something so-so, so I ended up going with the Alienware system, except I bumped the processor up to the x9100 (3.06G dual core) so I think it should last me a while...

And, with respect to Aimee, I bet this thing will play plenty of games.... :) Benchmarks I've seen on similar systems are very impressive.

Anyway, thanks much for all the input - I very much appreciate it! Hopefully I'll be back civving again soon on my new computer!
 
Hehe. Your wife sounds permissive.
I went with the MSI EX625 which should hopefully arrive tomorrow afternoon.
 
Enjoy those new computers. That Alienware looks like a beast.
 
lol... yeah, I know. Here, once more for the fans out there:

I wanted a gaming LAPTOP! :)

It's the 'laptop' part people have trouble with, I guess... :)

Oh, well, got what I wanted. And, for the record, I priced my dream desktop system today at $6200, not including monitor - guess that one will have to wait a bit! :) My point: either system (laptop or desktop) was going to run me in the $3 grand range before I was done. My preference was the laptop variety. It's actually better than all of the gaming desktops I've owned - though that's not hard, as I haven't purchased a new desktop in quite a while.

I sound like I'm being sarcastic, and I don't mean to be - truthfully, I really do appreciate all the inputs.
 
jeffreyac: how are the speakers on yours? My laptop has surprisingly decent 2.1 sound, at least compared to all laptops ive heard.
 
The main thing that bugs me about laptops is that when they're built, they're pretty much stuck that way. It's nearly impossible to fix or upgrade without taking into a shop. And they're so compact.

I wouldn't mind having a laptop though, as long as it wasn't my main computer.
 
Genocidicbunny said:
jeffreyac: how are the speakers on yours? My laptop has surprisingly decent 2.1 sound, at least compared to all laptops ive heard.
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Well, I don't know yet - it's been ordered, but it'll be minimum one week, realistically more like two, before it's built and shipped. My old one seemed OK - but to be honest I normally either had the sound muted (playing on it while the wife's watching TV, or somewhere else where the sound would be a problem) or I had headphones on - either way, guess I didn't spend enough time with the speakers to give it a fair review.

I've read good things about the sound system, but not having seen it myself, I can't give you a straight answer on this one yet.
 
jeffreyac said:
lol... yeah, I know. Here, once more for the fans out there:

I wanted a gaming LAPTOP! :)

It's the 'laptop' part people have trouble with, I guess... :)

Oh, well, got what I wanted. And, for the record, I priced my dream desktop system today at $6200, not including monitor - guess that one will have to wait a bit! :) My point: either system (laptop or desktop) was going to run me in the $3 grand range before I was done. My preference was the laptop variety. It's actually better than all of the gaming desktops I've owned - though that's not hard, as I haven't purchased a new desktop in quite a while.

I sound like I'm being sarcastic, and I don't mean to be - truthfully, I really do appreciate all the inputs.
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$6200 could buy you three gaming desktops that will run all the current games at max. By the time you can afford that anyways, the price will have dropped. Can you link me (us?) to what your were looking at?

I'm aware you wanted a gamnig laptop, but it's still pricey (which you are aware of), but eh that is the cost of a desktop replacement unfortunately (especially Alienware).
 
Yeah, I know - I knew when I started looking at the specs I wanted, I was looking at $2500 to $3000 range - I did look at a few others, but liked the Alienware the best.

If you mean the 'dream' system, a couple of days ago after I ordered the laptop, just for fun I went into the Alienware desktop page, to whatever the current version of their MLX system is (X58 MLX, I think). The base model starts at like $4, and you customize up from there - it's crazy. I think I was at $6200 before I left the first page - of course, I was just playing, so I was maxing all the specs out just for fun. In reality, even I'm not crazy enough to pay that for a computer! (and, yes, I'm aware that I AM a little crazy to pay what I did for my laptop! :p)
 
Well, to be fair to PrinceScamp, if you were looking for a desktop and had that much money, you'd be MUCH, MUCH better off building your own. We're talking savings of a couple thousand at the high end here.
 
Absolutely agree - actually, trying to learn a bit more about building desktops so I can be at the point where, when I do decide to spring for a new desktop, I can build my own custom rig.

So, yeah, he (and you) are absolutely correct there.
 
Another great thing about custom-builts is the ability to have exactly what you want, instead of compromises. Except for incompatible hardware, of course.
 
Best way to build a custom pc is to do it. Learn how the major parts go together, the rest of it, as long as you're careful, can be done mostly by experimenting ( its how I did it )
 
And don't forget the anti-static!
 
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