My laptop's kind of old and a little fucked. Powers off at random and I'm not sure how much I trust the manufacturer to repair it in full (though I'm still sending it in). I've been trying to gather information on laptops, to work out which to replace it with. I would just buy a desktop, but between school, spending 2 nights a week at the girlfriend's, and possibly hauling the thing over to game with friends, it looks like a desktop wouldn't really be practical.
I haven't bought a laptop in a while, and I've got a decent chunk (~2.5-3k?) set aside for a laptop if it'll last me for four years, though I'm kind of considering getting a cheaper machine that'll last 2ish, and then just upgrading to a new one 2 years from then.
The budget's set kind of high because I'd like it to be capable of running games that come out for a while. I don't have a hard-on for running anything at max res; I'm just aiming to run things well over the span of the next couple years.
While Alienware is painfully priced, the m15x seems (so far) like one the best fit for my needs, if I go for a long-term machine.
I'm open to suggestions. I've been mostly just googling, referencing
notebookcheck and
notebookreview.com, and comparing against stuff listed on newegg.
(When buying a laptop, I'm planning on getting the least amount of RAM possible in the build configuration, and then buying RAM from elsewhere. Cheaper.)