I just purchased a laptop...I went with the Sager 5760. Alienware builds their laptop of the Sager base but you can purchase the actual Sager laptop for a much better price. This is the exact receipt from my purchase... Really powerful laptop at a really low price. I am a Tactical Network Specialist for the Marine Corps so I know a little about computers and I shopped around fora while before I found this at powernotebooks.com
1 Sager NP5760 FORCE - $2,282.00
17" WUXGA "Super Clear Glossy" TFT Active Matrix screen
nVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX w/512MB GDDR3 memory
Intel® Core™ Duo T2500 2.0GHz Processor w/2,048k L2 On-die cache - 667MHz FSB
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
1,024MB (2 SODIMMS) DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory
80GB SATA/150 Hard Drive at 5,400 RPM
Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g
8-Cell Smart Li-ion Battery
Full Range Auto Switching AC Adapter
Standard Carrying Case
NO Dead Pixel Guarantee
NO Processor
NO Secondary Hard Drive for Modular Bay
NO Choose your TV Tuner
NO Floppy Disk Drive
NO Operating System
1-Year Parts & Labor, Lifetime 24/7 Toll Free Customer Service
1 Sager 1 Year Warranty - $0.00
USPS Registered Mail for APO/FPO address
<>>Shipping/handling/ins: $ 90.00
Subtotal: $ 2,372.00
Tax: $ 0.00
Regular Price Total: $ 2,372.00
You can add stuff on there without much of a problem at all. You can get a second video card to bring it up from a 7900 gtx 512mb vid card to a 1024mb total. Also you can upgrade the RAM to 2 GB or even get a bigger and a second hard drive.
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