eh my coworker has that alienware and it looks cool but compared to my lappy its a beast as far as size. on a side note another coworker of mine brings his desktop comp which is like super small and he plays games on it but its not got the portability of a laptop. Anyways my 2 cents is never get a dell. i have one and it has literally been nothin but problems from day one. I have to tape my power cord to my comp to keep it plugged in, the battery doesnt charge for some reason so if my cord gets unplugged it lights out, then it takes years to reboot, my keyboard and mouse buttons jam, and i cant get it fixed even tho its still on warranty cause they told me there isnt ENOUGH wrong with it to spend the WEEK to repair.... LIKE WTH!!!!!and when i looked around online there were alot of forums about how all dell comps have the battery issues now and nobody knows why. about the alienware.... it does look sick man except for the super colorful rainbow color lights under the keyboard, and the guy said it works great for games, but all i saw him play was WOW and im not into that crap >.> and i havent heard about alienware having the problem with batteries its just the dell comps.... same thing but somehow different :/