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what company would you buy? under 2k, gaming computer.
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A few things to consider:
1. are you EVER going to move it around regularly.
2. What level of tech support do you want after the purchase?
3. What level of performance do you expect?
4. Does screen resolution matter?
I went for a Gateway p-172x fx, and before you curl away at gateway, they buy their performance P series from Clevo.. who builds for Sager among others.
2 grand, 8800gts-m 512, 2.4ghz core 2 duo, 4 gigs ram, 1080p screen.. etc.
It's great but it's fucking HEAVY (10 lbs + 3.5 lbs. power brick), and after you pay that much for a laptop you're seriously going to have to baby it.. not take it everywhere, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Keep that in mind.
Gateway offers a $150 3 year war.. good value.
Macbook, sure, but you will be limited in graphics card choices.. at 2 grand though it can be a good buy especially if you want osx.
Dell = kinda too expensive for performance, usually wayyy marked up for their xps line. GREAT customer support, still want to buy a war. and that's gonna cooost.
HP has some good deals, ill link a whole bunch of sub-2000 laptops.. but at the end of a whole lot of researching.. gateway's p series really delivers cost wise.
Just be honest with yourself, a 17" gaming laptop is not a laptop.. it's a lazy-mans lan party box.
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Macs 4tw. I only use my macbook for music tho. When I game I use my Desktop.
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Personally, I would never buy a gaming laptop again. I learned soon after spending 3k on a laptop that I would never do that again. All gaming laptops suffer from the same problems that make laptops great. Portability and battery life suck.
I would buy a gaming PC and get a netbook for $400 instead. Much more practical.
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well im not gunna spend 3k on a laptop lol 
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MBP for sure, or at least an Alienware.
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isnt alienware overpriced too all hell? look im not lookin to run crysis and some bullshit. but something thats not shitty.
example my laptop now can run wow, decently, but on all low settings. id like it better. its like 2.2ghz duo intel, 256mb vcard and 2gigs.
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I agree with Lex.
I bought a Gateway gaming laptop 2 years ago, it fucking sucks.
Then last year bought a Dell XPS desktop, love it.
Operating System: Windows Vista? Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc
System Model: XPS 630i
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2044MB RAM
Page File: 1184MB used, 3146MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
8800 GTX Grafix card
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