My husband is being deployed to Afghanistan and would like a laptop for his birthday.  I would like to be able to play Oblivion and Doom 3 on it.  Are the Alienware laptops the best way to go?  The one I had them back build online at Circuit City was $3000.
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I would recommend the Alineware Area 51 m5500. \nIts not as expensive as others and is just as good and does not weigh as much. You can build to order an Area 51 on alienware.com. If go all out and get the best for it it will wont cost that much more than 2000 bucks AMD would be preferable for gaming. Do not get a laptop with an Intel Celeron processor. They are not good for gaming.
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The Aurora ALX systems are currently the best.  Alienware is extremely expensive, but unmatched when it comes to hardware optimization.  When SLI was first introduced, they had Video Array technology, which was better and could use any two PCI-E graphics cards together without the drawbacks and compatibility issues that SLI had.  Now they are offering PPU (PhysX Processing Unit) which is a separate processor that runs instructions specifically for the physical aspects of gaming.  This provides a much better gaming experience - especially in PhysX enabled games.\n\nAs for controllers, I have a RumblePad around here somewhere, but I barely use it unless I'm running an emulator or something.
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Anything with an Athlon 64 3000+ or better, make sure it has at least 512MB of memory as well, either of these would be perfect, http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/catOid/-12963/N/20012961+20012963+212/link/ref/rpem/ccd/categorylist.do and as far as laptops are concerned FSB really isn't that important because you aren't going to be playing games on these laptops.  If you want to get a laptop that will play games, well, 3D games then you're going to have to spend slightly more than that.\n\nOkay, correction, FSB isn't that important provided the laptop you are purchasing isn't (in this case can't) going to play the latest games.
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I wouldn't recomend PCI port for high end gaming like oblivion.  Try using an AGP port if you have one, or a PCI-express, if not then you should try an nvidia card, maybe the 256mb geforce 6200, it runs on PCI, but you're gonna sacrifice a lot of graphics.
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did you know that there exists a site for the most expensive laptops around?!\n\nhttp://imedia.atspace.com/laptop.htm
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at your selection chance are you're not going to find oen for under 1200 for a core 2\n\nthat processor itself is alteast $800, 2gb of Ram is around $200\n320gb of hd is aournd $200, if you looking a widescreen a 17 is aournd $100 plus this is only a barebone u still neeed software,video card,sound card ...etc..\n\nusally wait for the holiday to come back, they have great deals on it.:). you will notice they trying to sell as much they can because they need invenotry space. buying during the holidays allow you to get those deals so u can really get a great deal on it.\n\nDepend on what you mainly going to use for and what type:\nI would say if you are jusing for mainly interent surfer,and school/office work \nyou don't need all those power but a good company to go with are \nemac,hp and compaq. they are great for low end users :)\nthey are cheap. you can your spec on those pc and they usally around your price. although they don't have good customer service.\n\nif you thinking  watch movies (movies that are HD support like h.246 XD)  and playing games on it. \nGateway (bestbuy carries a lot of them) is the best way for teh cheapest deal.\nDell has a better costumer service so yoru not a computer techie dell is a great way to go.\nSony is still the best and leading one because they ahve the advance technology in there. they aren't cheap.\n\nif you are a computer techi :)... you shoul djust build it your self ti's nto too hard and you do save a lot of money plus you get to pick what type of motherbord you wana so if your a hardcore gammering ABIt and ASUS are pretty nice compare to Dell Motherboards. \n\nIf you going to get a Laptop:\nget a Dell or a Gateway thsoe usally will fit your budget.\nif you willing to spend more, Sony are the best way to go. Now if your not oging to carry it around with you. like this laptop is mainly stationaly you shoul dget a big one so watch movie on it. if you are carring around try to get a less weight on it.
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Hello from APO, AE 09320.  As you may know, when downrange it's hard to get much of anything in a timely fashion, however, I can tell you that it depends largely on what you're shopping for. \n\nAmazon, if I may offer the insight, is where I spend most of my "online buck", however, unless you purchase brand new stuff from them, and you use the, "used" option.  (Great for books and CD's), you're still stuck paying a ton of shipping.\n\nFor electronics, hands down...J&R out of New York.  I spent a little over $3500 with them on a new laptop, external, and iPod, and it made it to Kabul in FOUR DAYS, for free.  Tiger Direct is also a popular electronics retailer that I know a lot of folks on this installation use.\n\nI hope that this is a help to you.  Check out www.epinions.com, to check out companies and products.  It's pretty cool when you can't go to a "brick and mortar" store to actually check things out for yourself.  I use that site a lot over here.\n\nC.
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HELL YEAH!  I looked into that laptop and for $700.00 you get a lot of features!  Perfect for Internet browsing!  GREAT BUY!
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Have a look here\nhttp://www.geek.com/htbc/glandre.htm\nAlso (no I don't work for them) Alienware has a good rep for top-notch gaming systems. (http://www.alienware.com).\n(Can I borrow a few grand? ;)
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any "alienware. com" computer is the best money can but there costly 800 min ,  10000 max
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Is that... US dollars?  Anyway, what he said is correct, you can't change the graphics card on a laptop.  New ones will have either the Radeon X1400 or X1600 Mobility, Geforce 7400 or Geforce 7600 variants in them, on the mainstream end.  But you won't find any of them for less than $1000, more likely around $1300.  I don't know if you were only willing to spend $750 on a graphics card or $750 on a laptop with dedicated graphics, whatever the case, $750 for a graphics card is unheard of (unless you are planning to buy to Geforce 7900GTXs) and $750 for a laptop is too little to get a dedicated graphics card in it.  And as I said, you can't upgrade the graphics... in any laptop with the exceptions being from Dell and Alienware but only on the XPS line and a top of the line Alienware and you have to send it back to them for the upgrade.\n\nI agree, nVidia is the way to go but at $750 you aren't going to find one with a dedicated graphics card.  It's just not possible.  HP uses the Geforce 7400 Go in two of their laptop lines, however the lowest price I could get on that was $950 and it's not a very powerful machine.  To make it a machine worth owning you'll have to spend at least $1180 on it.  http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/compare_category.do;jsessionid=EzDMWYNTvmBgFd7wxkjFuFsDEFXtwJDWoOnsCNtWvRoGsThVNriv!1231286070?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks/hp_pavilion&catLevel=1
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Personally I recommend Toshiba laptops. They have multiple makes (Satellite and Qosimo among others) and variations of each to fit your budget. [See the link below]\n\nSome extra information: on any laptop, what to watch out for is if the AC power port is on the rear of the laptop, be careful not to tilt the base backwards when opening the screen. This can bend the cord and result in the the port becoming detached internally. That's why no matter what laptop you decide to purchase, I highly recommend spending the extra on a good extended warranty.
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ahh yes well first of all you don't need to really buy a dedicated gaming laptop, but hey ur tha one who wants it so who am i to tell you what to do, The best is definately is the Aurora5700 from $4,769MSRP  Alienware, The Cheaper yet samething is the Dell XPSm1710, at $2,799 MSRP with 2gb of memory that kicks ass at lighting speeds, You can actually build your own extreme gaming processor, all you really need is a good processor, only 45-80 bucks, and memory which is really cheap, i made my Dell B130 into something like tha Aurora, so you don't really need to stress the money, i noticed that you mentioned that you dpn't want to buy a nother desktop, You can buy  a Dell E1705 and Put in a Intel Core Xeon that kicks ass for only $60 that actually turned my E1705 into the m1710,. thts sickkk i mean,  \nBest gaming laptop-Dell M 1710 or any notebook with a better processer nd memory\nBest desktop replacement-Dell e1705
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That depends on how much you are willing to spend.  I'll assume that you aren't interested in a Mac (but I would suggest you check them out unless there are Windows programs that you need to use...)\n\nI reccomend spending at least $1100 on a laptop, it's a good place to start and they're plenty well equipped at that price.  Of course, you could spend $500 or less and get... junk.  You could spend as much as $4,500 and get something that is heavy, bulky, powerful but probably TOO powerful.  And horrible battery life.\n\nWhatever you do, get one with a Widescreen display, at least 1GB of memory, a Core 2 Duo processor and a dedicated graphics card.  I don't care what else you are willing to comprimise on, DO NOT comprise on any of those things.  I don't care if you are going to play games or not... always, always, always, get a dedicated graphics card (unless you need 8 hours+ of battery life).\n\nI like this laptop, I think it would be perfect for you (provided it is in your price range), http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115291\n\nThat's a configuration I would reccomend to someone looking for a general purpose laptop that can handle some light gaming on the side and it seems like that is what you are going to do.  I don't know what the other said about laptop brands but personally, I've never had a problem with Acer.  I'd stay clear of HP and Gateway.
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Well, since your a gamer, the best laptop for you would have to be a dell.  the newest and best laptop for gamers is the dell home systems XPS M 1710.  This device features a dvd burner (and upgrade), it is a seventeen inch screen (bigger than large screen laptops), and has a wireless extra mouse and keyboard and cordless joystick.  this laptop will cost you $2600 dollars, but it is well worth the money!
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Well, the $1500 limit sets you up a bit, but you can still get a good pc.\n\n1) Processor-  Definitely AMD for gaming, you get a definite advantage. Dual Core is also worthwhile. Pretty much any X2, even the cheapest, should serve you well.\n\n2) Hard Drive- Whatever capacity floats your boat and at least 7200rpms.\n\n3) RAM- Minimum of 1gb, 2gb if you want to be a bit more future proofed.\n\n4) Video Card- 6600, 6800, 6700 or 6800, whichever you can afford. Don't go cheaper than these and get one with no less than 128mb, preferably 256mb.\n\nOther than that, have fun! Dell has an XPS line of computers intended for gaming and Alienware has some nice gaming computers too.
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I've been buying PC's since 1987 and have had quite a few.\n\nThe best way is to have a PC built or build one yourself so you know exactly what you have and can specify every detail.\n\nThat said:  We currently have 4 Dells in the family:  2 desktops and 2 laptops.  So far they have been excellent but all are used for general computing and not for game play.  That should be a consideration also.  If you want to play games, no matter what you buy, you'll have to spend some extra money for a better CPU and more RAM.\n\nWhat might be a worthwhile investment of $5 is to go to http://www.consumerreports.org and sign up for a month and review all the major manufacturers of PC's and see how they are rated by the public and the CR Tech Staff.\n\nAfter all what you are going to get here on Y Answers is a lot of opinion and very little fact.\n\nHope this helps.