alienware laptops

[endo]

well here is the laptop im thinking about getting

Aurora™ m9700

AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML37 2.0GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
-With Media Center Remote Control and Single NTSC Tuner

17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD with Clearview Technology
-Cyborg Green

Motherboard Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset

1GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz

Extreme Performance (RAID 0) 160GB (80GB x 2) Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache

8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW & 24X CD-RW Burner w/Software Burn CDs and DVDs!

Dual 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled

$3,018.00

what do you all think and do any of you know about battery life
and can anyone explane why there only using a 1.8Ghz to a 2.4 Ghz processor in there gaming machines

[Razors Edge]

Is it dual core?

Battery lives don't exeed over 6 hours of charge. YOu might aswell add a spare battery. Make sure you get the most warranty you can for it. Becuase everyone who has a laptop, spills some **** into it and knowcks it over or drops it.....

[endo]

3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service / AlienAutopsy / Respawn [+$300

Additional Battery - Alienware® m9700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Battery [+$80

and from what i can tell the processor is not dual core

[Razors Edge]

well, If its not dual core it isn't worth 3 grand.

For 3 grand get the XPS M1710 Laptop. Here is a link to costimize one

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=M1710R1&s=dhs

-Don't costimize anything, just change the Hardrive to a 160 gig for an extra $55 bucks and change the Combop drive to a DVD burner. It will only cost $100 more then the Alienware, but you get Dual Core this time.