Desktop replacement laptop

[DimPrawn]

I'm in the market for a powerful laptop to use as a desktop replacement.

Weight and battery life do not matter as I will use it at a desk.

Must have 17" hi res screen, min 2GB RAM and fast a processor as is possible to buy. Needs to run .NET stuff to must have max horsepower.

Sony - Great screens but 1GB ram max. Too puny to run VS.NET, BizTalk, SQL Server on Virtual PC.s and host of other tools at the same time.

Alienware - Looks okay but price at that spec is like buying a small car.

Any other makes I should look at?

Cheers,

DP.

[wc2]

DP

The wife uses an Acer 1700 series as A TV in the bedroom

They use all standard components accept the motherboard.

Nice piece of kit.

[Xenophon]

Have fancied one of thos Alienware notebooks for a while myself. Look like a nice bit of kit.

[DimPrawn]

Currently looking at this bit of kit:

http://www.rockdirect.com/notebooks/xtreme64_cons.htm

I Think a dual core AMD 64 4800+ laptop might just cope with .NET

Now where's the price.....

[MrsGoof]

Just specked one up a bit and only £9,083.84 Incl. VAT, excl. Del.


[1] MJ-12m 7700

Case: Alienware® MJ12m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeon Grey
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional UK with SP2 - English
Warranty: Aliencare Free Phone 3-Year 24/7 Warranty
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 670 w/ HT Technology 3.8GHz 2MB Cache
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 PC-4200 533MHz - 2x1024MB
Hard Drive: Dual Drive Configuration - Non RAID - 200GB (100GB x 2) 7200 RPM ATA100
Portable Storage: Alienware® USB 2.0 4GB Flash Drive
Video Card: Alienware® MJ12m 7700 NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400 with 256MB of DDR memory
Optical Drive One: DVD-Burner: 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24x CD-RW Combo w/Software
Optical Drive Two: DVD-Burner: 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24x CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Wireless network: Built-In Wireless 802.11 b/g miniPCI Card
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Digital Audio Hardware: Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1 surround sound
Digital Audio Software: Steinberg Nuendo 2.0
Digital Creation Software: Adobe® Video Collection Professional
Digital Video Software: Adobe® Video Collection Professional
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional UK - English
Keypad: Mobile Keypad - English
Optional Mouse: Logitech® MX™ 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse - UK Plug
Mobile Transport: Alienware® Premium Backpack XL
MP3 Player: Creative® Jukebox Zen Xtra 30GB USB 2.0
Controller: Belkin Nostromo™ SpeedPad n52 USB
Optional Display: Hyundai 19'' L90D LCD Monitor 8ms Silver / Black - Quantity 1
Security Locks: Targus Combination Notebook Security Cable
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - £50 Value - FREE!
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System
Free T-Shirt: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - XL

[DimPrawn]

At least you get a free tee-shirt with your £9,000 laptop.

[voron]

At least you get a free tee-shirt with your £9,000 laptop.

For that price I'd expect a free hand job as well

[ratewhore]

what about a Dell X1? Will that spec to your reqts?


erm, no it wont

[Joe Black]

"Alienware - Looks okay but price at that spec is like buying a small car."

A guy at my last job (ran his own IT comp) had one of those, probably not far off the spec mentioned by MrsGoof. One of the fastest laptops we'd ever seen...when it was working.

Problem was it ran so fast and so hot that even with the external twin fan unit he sat it on it still crashed at least a couple of times a day due to overheating. Support didn't seem too good either.

What about an Asus?, the one below meets your spec...

[Churchill]

Warranty: Aliencare Free Phone 3-Year 24/7 Warranty
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Portable Storage: Alienware® USB 2.0 4GB Flash Drive
Optical Drive Two: DVD-Burner: 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24x CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Digital Audio Software: Steinberg Nuendo 2.0
Digital Creation Software: Adobe® Video Collection Professional
Digital Video Software: Adobe® Video Collection Professional
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional UK - English
Keypad: Mobile Keypad - English
Optional Mouse: Logitech® MX™ 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse - UK Plug
Mobile Transport: Alienware® Premium Backpack XL
MP3 Player: Creative® Jukebox Zen Xtra 30GB USB 2.0
Controller: Belkin Nostromo™ SpeedPad n52 USB
Optional Display: Hyundai 19'' L90D LCD Monitor 8ms Silver / Black - Quantity 1
Security Locks: Targus Combination Notebook Security Cable
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - £50 Value - FREE!
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System

From your quoted list the above, to me anyway, seems superfluous.

However, surely the T-Shirt should be XXXL?

Churchill - In "Not as fat as Threaded" mode!