New computer advice please...?

I need a new laptop and I wanna buy one that will last 4 years and keep pace with newer programs and games. I'm not a big gamer (no World of Warcraft) but I do play games like Civ IV and G.P.S. I bought the computer I have now in 2006 and it is worthless trying to run newer games and programs on it. This is the computer I'm looking at buying:





Alienware Area-51 M17x





Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVIDIA庐 GeForce庐 9800M GT 鈥?SLI Enabled


Display: 17'; WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) with Clearview Technology 鈥?Black


Includes AlienFX庐 Illuminated Keyboard 鈥?Exclusive Design!


System Lighting: Alienware庐 AlienFX庐 System Lighting - Blue


Processor: Intel庐 Core鈩?2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)


Memory: 4GB芦 Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz 鈥?2 x 2048MB


Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista庐 Home Premium with Service Pack 1


Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Internal Digital/Analog (ATSC) MiniCard TV Tuner with Express Card Media Center Remote Control


System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection


Optical Drives : Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc Reader (BD-ROM, DVD卤RW, CD-RW)


Wireless: Internal Intel庐 Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card


Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound


Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support


Microsoft Office Suites: Microsoft庐 Office Home and Student 2007 鈥?Factory Installed!


Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and One Note


Cost: $5,099





What do you think? Could I get the same computer cheaper from a different company? I dont know a whole lot about computers, just want something that wont freeze up when I'm playing games. Thanks.





New computer advice please...?
no you will not get the same quality and service anywhere else ( not even from Alienware's owners namely dell yes they own Alienware )





pros sweet system


service and support should be great


cons expensive


old dated graphics cards ( but their is 2 of them )





this system should out last the time you stated


gl and tc





chuckNew computer advice please...?
every thing is good all the configuration but istead of 17'; go to 19'; or 21'; and that too in rectangel shape you will like it.....check it out more in my personal site........http://krazysaif.page.tl
just bulid your own and have a lot of RAM put in at least 4gb its a lot cheaper