I've always been 'desktopTilDeath', however I'm thinking of turning to the dark-side and purchasing a laptop. I'm off to Plymouth in September as some of you will know, where I'll be starting a Digital Art & Technology course. I'm presently working for my Dad's company doing some graphic design/coding/marketing based work and the programs I need to do that are all on my PC. So, everyday I relentlessly pack up my tower, throw it in the car and go to work =.= It's becoming a real chore, and has opened my eyes with respect to how mobile I'm going to need to be especially doing such a course at uni.

So, I'm here to pick your technical minds, and brilliant minds they are. I don't pretend to know a lot about computer components especially those of a mobile variety, and so I'm going to give you what appears to me to be a lot of numbers and a lot of letters. My Dad bought a top of the range Alienware notebook last year and for years now I've been fixated with alienware both as a brand and for the products they sell (in terms of mobile technologies, desktop processors in laptops and what-not) and seeing as I'm working at the moment and my 21st birthday is coming up, I have quite a budget to work with (for once). Here is my proposed purchase:



All this for a cool 2,675 british pounds. Pricey, yes, worth it? I think so, but what do YOU think?

Thanks guys!

Have been looking for a gaming laptop for the wife.

We looked at Alienware but the prices seem crazy to me - and then you have to pay extra for all the nice features such as blu-ray, etc.

I'd also be wary about spending too much on any hardware atm (just my personal opinion) as I think there are some advances around the corner such as touchscreen, new generation batteries, new generation of screen technology, etc.

We are looking at this laptop as a possibility at the moment...

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It's never going to look as nice as the Alienware (or perform as well), but for the price it seems a good laptop with a fairly decent graphics card, which should be able to play most games easily, has blu-ray, nice screen, etc.

Sorry for the double post, had a chance to look at the vaios Tunes, www.sonystyle.co.uk/SonyStyle/catalog/updateItems/(z_cua_add=&citemarea=48BC58BDFD1001D7E10080002BC29B86&layout=15_116_61_55_117_121&next=seeItem&carea=48BC58BDFD1001D7E10080002BC29B86&order=null&citem=48BC58BDFD1001D7E10080002BC29B8648FC77D761810062E10080022BC29B73&z_cua_sel_acc=&z_cua_accArea=z_cua_specs&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&isHideActive=)/.do#bottomTabs:25bs6vag compares to the alienware set-up I'm looking at, however it's only dual-core, smaller (flash) disk capacity, gfx aren't as good, yet it has blu-ray and an 18.4" screen AND it's only 4KG!

Yeah,

I think its all about what you want to do, M17 is pricey, and most of the price imho is bling bling associated.

Technology is evolving faster than never and its only a matter of thinking what you need.

If you are looking at a laptop that handles image and graphics for design, maybe think of mac? they are (as they say and not by my personal experience) very good for it.

Then if you want to ditch the tower and go full gaming on the laptop then maybe the m17 is a good bet, but I think you can find something with the same specs for less...

I have an HP that costed the ridiculous amount of 400 euro... Has dedicated nvidia 8400 card, 3 gigs of mem and an AMD turion dual core processor, I'm quite happy with it, but gaming on it is a pain... 50 fps tops on css at 800x600... for day to day use its perfect, but not for gaming... (I can actually map on it which is very cool).

Just wanted to post something, but after all this rambling is clear that I didn't help... LOL

I've been on the dark side in about 2 years now, it's quite nice here.

whats wrong with 50 fps : / you don't need to much more than that, the average fps the eye can see is past 30 FPS to 60 FPS, ( i done my research ) plus the only game he really plays is css ? so he does need the best gaming laptop ? maybe get one that can cope with your graphics, work etc and keep the desktop at home for gaming ?

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Again, this is a myth.

Its not visual fps, its computer fps, and those are different, I'll try to explain it.

If you are running at 50 frames per second, your computer will calculate only 50 frames per second, so the position of players, if you hit them etc is calculated only 50 times per second.

Against a machine that does 200 fps, that will calculate 200 times per second, you will have a disadvantage as that machine will "tell" the server where you are playing that it hit you before yours "says" the same.

As for the eye sensitivity its true that you don't see more than 60, but in game you can "feel" its much more smoother.

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