well for who ever would like to know i went with the alienware... as i have said im taking this laptop overseas and the warranty from alienware that comes with the laptop is better than the gateway to begin with. Everywhere i have seen that the gateway call centers suck BIG TIME... they dont know what they are doing there tech support is even worse. I went a bit over my budget to get this laptop but i know that if i have a problem i always have the tech support 24/7. the specs for laptop i got finally are:
Area-51® m17x
- Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8700M GT – SLI Enabled
- Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology – Black
- System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Red
- Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
- Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB
- Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
- Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Internal Digital/Analog (ATSC) MiniCard TV Tuner with Express Card Media Center Remote Control
- System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 500GB (250GB x 2) 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
- Optical Drive: 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW) w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo
- Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
- Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
- Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
- External Storage: 500GB Seagate Free Agent External Hard Drive
- Mobile Bags: Alienware® Orion Messenger Bag
I thought if im gonna do it im gonna do it once and im gonna do it right. I just dont know how the build is of the 173XL... I just have heard too many bad things about gateway to justify $2000 and have no personal experience either. the alienware my cousin bought one 3 years ago and its still running and it being a division of dell and it being a high end model i know it will be better off as the higher end dells usually a whole hell of a lot longer than the budget models. well thank you for everyone for their help and I looked into Sager and they were not giving me a ship date. I needed this laptop since i am going over seas to Dubai and the laptops i saw there last time i went were uncomparable they dont even have 8700s there well yet again thanks for all the help
Edit: Sagers actually were costing me more for the same compared to alienware.
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