Gaming Laptops

[tgrigg]

which is better the Dell XPS Gen2 or the Alienware Area-51 m7700, I dont which one is the best to get?

Advice need please

[Spud1]

would be helpful if you posted the specs and prices of each rather than making us search for them?

[tgrigg]

Area-51 m7700 Specs

Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Processors & Chipset
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology - 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB Cache, Socket 775)

Intel 915P + ICH6 chipset

Memory
Starting at 256MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz.
upgradeable up to 4 GB of PC2-4200 with 4 SO-DIMM slots.

Drive Bays
Externally accessible and easily removable:
Dual bays for Optical Drives
Dual Bays for Primary and Secondary Hard-Drives

I/O Ports
Externally accessible:
Parallel: One parallel port
Serial: One serial port
Video: One DVI connector
TV-out: One S-Video out connector
TV-In: Video-IN Ports (TV-Tuner required, not included)
Keyboard: One PS2 connection
Mouse: One PS2 connection
IEEE 1394: Two mini IEEE 1934a (4-pin) ports
USB: 4 Hi-speed USB 2.0 ports
Headphone: 1 headphone jack
Audio: 5.1 channel out (SPDIF) / Line-in, Microphone in
Network: Integrated Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45
Modem: Integrated 56K V.92 modem RJ-11
Infrared: Infrared port for Data transfer
Internally accessible:
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE
Dual SATA 150 connectors
Slots
One PCMCIA Single-slot ACPI Card Bus (Type II)
7-in-1 Memory Card Reader (SD/MS/MMC)
Case and Chassis
Exclusive Alienware Design and Color
Dimensions (H x W x D): 4.95cm x 39.62cm x 29.72cm
LCD Panel
17" WideSXGA+ 1680x1050 LCD Display
17" WideXGA+ 1400x900 LCD Display
Power
Primary Battery: 12 Cells, 6600 mAH


Dell XPS Gen2 Specs

Intel® Pentium® M 770 ( 2.13GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Intel® Pentium® M 770 ( 2.13GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory 2048MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
Internal Keyboard (UK/Ire QWERTY)
256MB DDR 3, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX, PCI-Express x16
80GB (7,200rpm) IDE Hard Drive
Internal 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
24xCDRW/8xDVDComboDrive
Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card
1-Year International On-site service
1-Year On-site service
130W AC Adapter
80Whr 9 Cell LI-ION Primary Battery
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 clear LCD Backcover with free colour Inserts
Integrated 5 Watt subwoofer (internal speaker amplifier) with bass reflex port
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Display with TrueLife™
European - Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth 2.0 Module

[Spud1]

The alienware one in that configuration would seem better gaming wise - the GPU and rest of the specs on both laptops can be the same/simialr, but the CPU on the alienware is a fully-fledged desktop P4, and consequently will probably be slightly better for gaming that the dell's p4m.

BUT there isn't really much between them, the difference really will be in battery life - the dell will probably last longer in terms of using it on the move, and it won't get as hot.

So my reccomendation is the alienware if it's not going to be used off its battery much, or the dell if it is

[kempez]

I'd get the Dell - excellent those beauties are

[zachig]

I personally would go with Dell. I just like'em more.

[kempez]

And Spud: nah mate - those little mobile chips are sexy AND fast

[tgrigg]

cheers guys i think i will go the dell