buying alienware laptop for traveller any advice?

[earthtriber]

hey guys doing a job for someone and in exchange for the art I get a deal on 3-4 k USD of new alien-ware laptop wondering what specs are wise and any advice would be great.... are they worth it?

and they are heavy about 5kgs?

just wonderer if any hints tips or people screaming nooooo

thanks:D

these are the specs I selected in the upgrades

Software & Services SYSTEM COLORSpace Black – Anodized Aluminum

PROCESSORIntel® Core™2 Quad Q9000 2.0GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information


VIDEO CARDATI CrossFireX™ – Dual 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 4870

LCD PANEL 17-inch WideXGA+ 1440x900 (900p)
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

HARD DRIVE 500GB 7,200RPM w/ Free Fall Protection

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)


ADDITIONAL BATTERYAdditional 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery for Alienware M17x Laptop


Personalize ALIENFX COLORAstral Aqua
edit (http://edit) AVATARAlien Schematic
edit (http://edit) WALLPAPERAlien Schematic
edit (http://edit) GEAR STOREAlienware Orion Laptop Backpack - Fits Laptop of Screen Sizes Up to 17" - Black
edit (http://edit)PRE-INSTALLED GAMES World of Warcraft Preinstall Edition
My Accessories

ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM BLUETOOTHInternal Wireless Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR
WIRELESS CARDSInternal 300Mbps Dual-Band a/g/n Wireless with MIMO Technology
Adobe SoftwareAdobe Acrobat Reader
TIME ZONE(GMT - 6.00) Central Time (US & Canada)
WINDOWS STYLEWindows Style, Default
AUTOMATIC UPDATESAutomatic Updates ON
POWER PLANPower Plan, High Performance
RSS FEEDS Alienware RSS Feed
Standard Nameplate Trigger Standard Nameplate (Alienware M17x)
total price came to around $3,379

[Disco Stu]

Doesnt sound bad but alienware design is so ugggggly! And they seem to be
really heavy, never layd my hands on one.
Id prefer a thinkpad w700. Look at this beauty!
http://www.gadgetblog.ch/wp-content/gallery/lenovo-thinkpad-w700/lenovothinkpadw7002.jpg
It has a tablett!!! Insane! :D

[earthtriber]

I agree its a little like carrying las vegas around..... and when I pull it out to sketch people in cafes it will take a while for conversation to calm down..... I did this in the Himalayas... it causes a major stir but if its also flashin like there's no tomorrow it wont be easy to get the people to relax so I can sculpt them....

the catch is that alienware are suppling everthing the company I am painting a mural for and they can get a deal...... never look a gift horse in the mouth an all that

sure enough if its a pain to lug around I will ebay it .....

most powerful laptop in the universe is a hilarious selling point!


what interests me is the spec

[chk2033]

I think you may be better off getting a Elite ThinkPad W700ds

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/special-offers.workflow:ShowPromo?LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/ThinkPad_notebooks/2008/W700/W700ds

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Core Extreme Processor QX9300 (2.53GHz 1066MHz 12MBL2)
System Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M 128-core CUDA parallel computing processor 1GB (dedicated)
Total memory: 8 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
and all the other normal stuff that comes with a workstation laptop
Edit: almost forgot..an extra pull out screen..

and it also has a built in wacom tab for your zbrushing pleasure..though i havent tried it on that...just photoshop so far. :D

[earthtriber]

that does look like quite a machine >>>>>>

time for some reasearch me thinks .... thanks very much chk2033

[wowzat]

How is the pressure sensitivity on the built in tablet on the lenovo w700 for photoshop? I wonder if you do any serious zbrush work with it on the move too.

[Disco Stu]

Its wacom built and has the same levels as an intuos 3 i think.

[earthtriber]

certainly looks lighter... I did infact get a chance to sketch people sitting in the himalayas as long as the wacom fits in the bag I like to get the full sweep of the med size wacom tablet so I am happy to have it dragging around with me..... what really concerns me is the weight of the alienware...

but as mentioned before the alienware is coming to me through a exchange deal else I would probably put up with the one I have at the moment an acer aspire 6920g with 4 gb ram and handles good sized models....

hmmmmm 5 kgs is a lot!:rolleyes: but more polys:p choices choices!!