updated "whats the best gaming laptop"

for $4,220.00
223-1650
1 Dell XPS M1730, Mobile Intel 2.4GHz, 4MB, 800 FSB Merom
310-9525
1 PERSONALIZATION SHIELD, LCD COLOR WING OPTION,GRAY
311-7447
1 4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm for XPS M1730
320-5788
1 17 UltraSharp TrueLife Wide screen WUXGA for XPS M1730
320-5790
1 NVIDIA G84 in SLI, for XPS M17
341-5482
1 Serial ATA RAID 0 with Dual 200GB Hard Drives
420-6815
1 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit Edition English,Inspiron
420-7100
1 Media Direct 3.3
313-5591
1 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
420-6464
1 Roxio Creator Basic
313-4217
1 Integrated High Definition Audio, Inspiron
430-2582
1 Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n) Mini Card
320-5789
1 Logitech Gaming LCD
312-0603
1 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for XPS M1730
312-0604
1 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for XPS M1730
988-0669
1 LoJack Theft Recovery Service - 2 Year
A0767894
1 Computrace LoJack for Laptops - 2 Year CompleteCare Bundle
430-2655 1 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)
320-6171 1 AGEIA PhysX Physics Accelerator
310-9348 1 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor

i'm kinda leaning toward this...i think your right, alien is ok at pc's , but they need work on other isuies ......

If Windows reports 3.5GB and limits applications to using 2.0GB RAM?

This area is where I think 2GB is the spot to stop.

Bob

pardom my ignorance in these matters.....i do graphics , flash and site work.....i hate being so specialized......but your right if it cant be used, then why get it. a question....would i ever want that ? and if not why is it offered..ok , the obvious ...$$$$$$, but besides that is there a reason for it....this configuration is 200dollars less than one with 2gb....i guess thats why, they dont know what to do with those 4gers , hehe

XP /3GB SWITCH

(applies to Vista too)

ok after perusing the suggested info i see its a bit to deep for me, and souds a bit like it's exceding the suggested specs to do that, but what do i know....actually i digressed, i really just wanted to know the best, tricked up gammers laptop available today. i did an extremely sucsesfull set of art shows and want to treat myself...most the reviews i'd seen were a year or 2 old. i'm sure i'm not the only one wanting that question answered , {please, hopes this is not a holy grail scenerio}

so , simply put what is the best gammers laptop available today?

About as good as it gets this year.

Bob

I don't know why you guys are looking at Dell for gaming laptops. Alienware are too expensive, and need to work on their laptops.

I just got a Rock and they're awesome. This is the best one I can find, which will set you back about

In the United States look at Sager, which are also clevo machines.

if sager/clevo/rock are the same machine as the alienware ...then wouldn't they have the same issuies, overheating and such?
alienware says..."they no longer have the overheating problems after changing prosessers (they used to use pc prosessors?)". are there any reviews on the m9750? if its just the price that ticks ppl off , i mean they all like the rock version....maybe i'm just slow, hehe. pc magazine gave the rock, top of the year pick , although it does get hot. i like the idea of spending less for quality, but if i get the same issues...lordy , this is quite the tangled web...so its back to the dell?

after all this i guess i'll put the bucks away , use my vaio, untill the "Core 2 Extreme mobile processor and the GeForce 8700M GT" as the c/net guys mentioned, come rolling out, should be soon...hopes, hopes. we expected it this year, which is almost gone, i dont see them anywhere yet. i know as soon as i order the dell, (the safe bet , all the new stuff will crop up......no keeping up i guess

mostly Arima and not Clevo. They have used Clevo before but most of their machines are Arima.

i just bought a dell xps 1730 without a Physics Accelerator basically because i think its a gimick. there are few games in which it's compatible and the improvement isnt much better. ive played on a friends comp who has one with and without it activated and all you get is little bits of wood flying at you when you blow something up for instance. ghost recon i dont think is a very good game and its pretty much the best game for the physics accelerator. if your contemplating buying one i dont recommend it. too much money for what it does

hi everyone and hi again bob
i have been looking into buying a m1730 and have done my research on it over the past couple of months and was wondering weather to get a 2.1ghz cpu and upgrade to maybe the T9500 or even the X9000. would this be sensible or would it be better to get a one with the X9000 installed

My M1730's have been gone for quite a while. My DTR GPU use gravitated to more work-related stuff in any case, so a swap was made to the Dell Precision M6400 Covet late last year.

However I am currently eyeing the Alienware M17x as a separate purchase - still some shades of 13-year-old gamer, but quite slinky looking for a hulking machine. Have you taken a look at that machine?

My XPS (same model as yours if I'm not mistaken) is about to go in for warranty work. One of the keys died.

May you have better luck with Dell that I have had.