Cool-thanks for the link to the Sagers; those look awesome! Thanks again Julian! So it's pretty much Alienware and Sagers for laptops that are designed for gaming, eh? Well at least there's two options...
BINO > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:02:34 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] PC Gaming on a laptop? > > 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 > >
