Hey guys, need your advice (mainly Heretic's advice).
Since Im not planning to haul my desktop with me to China I need to invest in a solid laptop that can fill in as my home PC / Gaming machine. I don't need it to be particularly portable or high on battery life since I'll also have my work laptop and my Surface.
I've been looking around at various "gaming laptop" offers and I want to know what you guys think before I make a purchase.
Primary vendors
iBuyPower: These guys appear to offer the best deals but I've never heard of them and therefore I question their build quality and trustworthyness. [H] has an article about them from 2006 where the reviewer complains about terrible support. Overall, [H] gave the experience a 2/10.
AlienWare: It's Dell so I'm more confident about build quality and support. They're all medium price range. Downside, I would feel like a big gay nerd if I owned an "Alienware" machine.
Razor: They're overpriced and the company seems very douchy. Is there any advantage if I buy from them?
Machines I'm looking at:
1.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=4001
Decent processor
Good ram
Good video card
Over 1 TB in storage
2.
http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-M17x-r4/pd.aspx
If you customize it to have specs that match the iBuyPower machine then it becomes more expensive
So..... what else is there?