Shopping for a laptop.

[Lason]

stay away from alienware, spent almost $4500 for a laptop/accessories/warranty with dell/alienware and they couldnt even get me a mofo that spoke english much less fix my POS laptop before the 30 day money back date.

Asus and MSI gaming laptops are nice.

[Sgt Beavis]

If you are looking for something that won't be obsolete in the near future, then wait for the new laptops that are hitting the market soon with Intel's new haswell processors. These things are vastly more efficient and give much better battery life to boot.

[71chevellejohn]

stay away from alienware, spent almost $4500 for a laptop/accessories/warranty with dell/alienware and they couldnt even get me a mofo that spoke english much less fix my POS laptop before the 30 day money back date.

Asus and MSI gaming laptops are nice.

True story. Fuck Dell.

I diagnosed my overheating XPS17 after they couldn't. I was told that although I had an existing trouble ticket from when the laptop was in warranty, I would need to pay to speak to tech support since it was now out of warranty - by less than a week.

A few years later they admit to the problem after a class action suit is filed.

[Ratt]

Asus and MSI gaming laptops are nice.

This is true. If you're looking for cheap, what I am about to recommend is not really in that category, but if you're looking for a gaming laptop at a decent price, then I would recommend Sager Laptops. I bought one about 4 months ago, and it's the fastest laptop I've ever had. It has 8 GB or DDR3 Ram, but is expandable up to 32, has 2 hard drive bays, an i7 processor, and a 3 GB Video card...all in a laptop. It's not small, but it is less than two inches thick at the back and less than one inch thick at the front, and has a ~15.5 inch screen. Runs everything I've thrown at it with zero issues.

https://www.sagernotebook.com

[8mpg]

I bought my fiance a MSI 13" notebook and I dont really like it. The keyboard flexes, the power button broke (had to send it in and it took 2 weeks to fix). Overall it does not have the same sturdy feel of something like a Macbook or an Asus laptop.

[Ratt]

I bought my fiance a MSI 13" notebook and I dont really like it. The keyboard flexes, the power button broke (had to send it in and it took 2 weeks to fix). Overall it does not have the same sturdy feel of something like a Macbook or an Asus laptop.

Yeah, I'd go with Asus over MSI, given the choice.