My work gave me a HP (dv6 iirc, I don't have it with me) and it was a great gaming laptop for the last few years. Looks like the newest one is the HP Pavilion dv7t. The only other gaming laptop besides the Alienware that you mentioned is the Sagers: http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=category_browse&selected_cat=11 <http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=category_browse&selected_cat=11>I had one of these as a demo machine and it was a BEAST.
---- Julian On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Soo...this may sound like sacrilege to folks here but I guess it might be > time for me upgrade my computer for gaming and I was thinking about going > with a gaming laptop (*gasp* I know!) and I was wondering what people > thought of that... > > My roommate currently uses a Dell XPS 1720 from 4 years ago and it's worked > ok for him (it has had and still continues to have heat dissipation > issues-what you get for cramming full-size desktop parts into a laptop case > I guess-though he was able to play stuff like Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, > Arkham Asylum so it seems like it's pretty decent) and that's my main worry > about taking such a path myself; well along with gimping myself on > CPU/Graphics capability too. > > The main reason for considering a laptop over a desktop would be b/c I've > gone from spending time in my room to being out in the dining room (now > really our den since there's three laptops and 2 of my 24" monitors and a > 5.1 speaker system on it at any one time, if not more!) b/c then I can watch > the TV in the living room while on the computer (which is what my roommate > currently does all the time too while on his laptop). > > So I was wondering whether the tech had gotten to the point where certain > laptop models could adequately replicate what you get in a desktop as far as > CPU/Graphics go. What do folks think? > > And obviously since you can't "build" a laptop (other than customize the > specs) would Dell and specifically Alienware be the only option for a gaming > laptop, or are there any other feasible options out there? Anybody on the > list taken this route and even have/use a gaming laptop or would everyone be > purely desktop for gaming...? > > BINO >
