Personally im not a fan of alienware, they ask alot of money for what they are. Not to mention your paying 2k for only 8gb ram (Yes I know it's enough, but for that cash you should be getting more) This laptop is a pretty reasonable deal http://shopap.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/co ... 781&cid=au Lenovo THINKPAD EDGE E530 $674 Processor Intel Core i5-3210M Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz) Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Display type 15.6" W HD (1366x768) AntiGlare, Midnight Black System graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M Graphics with 2GB VRAM (WWAN or mSATA capable) Total memory 4 GB DDR3 - 1600MHz (1 DIMM) Pointing device UtraNav Hard drive 500GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm Optical device DVD Recordable Battery 6 cell Li-Ion Battery 62WH - 75+ Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters ThinkPad a/b/g/n Wireless & Bluetooth 4.0 (2x2 ABGN & BT 4.0) Integrated mobile broadband No Mobile Broadband support Warranty 1 Year Depot/Express Warranty