I'm willing to shell at least $2000 on a laptop, looking for a computer to last 4 years.  
 
I play games, and I really want to run top of the line games 4 years from now, though I don't expect to run it on anything but very low or low settings.  
 
Battery life is important, 3 functional hours at least are almost necessary, and weight would be a very nice perk.

I know it wouldnt be the most practical in your situation but my MacBook Pro is by far the best notebook I've ever worked with, amazing. It did run me about 2400 with memory upgrade and service plan, but I havent found anything it cant do, should be an alright gamer considering you can run windows under it, but you'd probably want to look at the alienware gamers or perhaps the XPS line from dell.
 
(once you hit OSX windows will seem like a joke though ;-) )

forgot to post battery life
 
depending on what I'm actually doing with it, I get anywhere from 3.5-4 hours on a single charge.

My Wakizachi systemgets 2 good hours gaming and gets 3 hours if you allow the system to control the battery power by reducing the screen brightness and such.  
 
The other thing to consider is the cost of additional batteries. Most of these companies completely rip you off on batteries. I charge $50 for an extra battery, which is what they should cost (of course that is for systems I sell, I don't carry other brands)
 
Same ODM that makes the MacBook Pro make the Wakizachi. Thing is awesome.
 

If you want solid performance and a good xp based pc,  check out the Alien Ware M9700,  base model is well equiped and sports a basic price tag of 1999.00.   It will almost surely destroy most systems on the market.

The Alienware m9700 couldn't destroy the Executioner's freakin' empty beer can.  
 
First of all it is a single core Turion deign, so you are investing a considerable amount in absolutely dead end technology as it can't be upgraded.  
 
Stock with an ML-34 1.8 GHz
 
17" Screen, stock with 1440 x 900 resolution - higher cost you more.
 
512 MB on (2) 256 MB chips of Memory - That's really going to do a lot. The Executioner's VIDEO CARD has 512 MB of memory.
 
60 GB 5,400 rpm hard drive against the Executioner's 100 GB 7,200 stock
 
They try to pump you up on SLi - yet the the system only comes stock with a single 7900 GS 256 MB card! ADD $399 for the second card that TOM's Hardware already tested in SLi and it got kicked right out of it's boots by the 7900 GTX 512 MB.
 
I don't mean to be critical, but Alienware is a freakin' puppet of DELL and they are marketing one thing and delivering QUITE another. It is just short of bait and switch advertising IMHO. By the time the thing is configured as the "SLI Gamer" they headline, it is more like $3,000 and at the end of the day still a stinking single core Turion.
 

 
ROFLMAO,  your info is a bit scew'd.  In deed the core is single.  It performs like a champ.  I wasn't about to pay  grand for a computer either way.  this machine does twice the job my old one does.  I am very happy.  Thnx for your comments,  they were noted, but for the most part pointless, since anyone can actually read a data sheet.
 
 
( to further this prefference the following machine barely compete's and it runs only $300 less than what I paid.)  I think thats enough to blow out the flames once compaired directly.
 
 
http://www.killernotebooks.com/exe [...] ation.aspx
Executioners Fully Loaded.
 
(I would deffend my product to,  If the compitition was this steep)
  8)  just my 2 cents on it.

lol, I just got a dell e1705 with better specs then the alianware for $1400.  If you want cheap get a dell,  for the quality I'd say KN is the champ. If I could of scraped together the extra money I was going to get one.  you just paid extra for plastic molding.

 
Lets do an industry standard's test.  3dmark tends to be a good neutral ground.  Here are my rounded scores. (While Plugged into an Outlet) I ran it with all options turned on at 1024x768 res.  for an easy res. to use. =)  I am very interested to see your results.
 
Do a 3dmark 2005 on your laptop.
roughly 9400 marks on the M9700
 
also Do a 3dmark 2006 on your laptop.
roughly 8700 marks on the M9700
 
 
I am interested in your score's.  (I rounded down to the nearest 100's spot on each)

 
I will take it as your either testing (wich takes a while) or you havent read the responce. =)   Hope you post some data to back up your dell's performance =)

Well I am guessing since their is no responce and about 4 hours has passed that one of two things has occured.
 
#1.  Person had to goto work and thus hasn't had the chance to truely test the unit (most likely)
 
#2.  The Dell performed well,  but not that well.
 
#3.  The person flamed with no real intension of backing him/her self with results.  (/shrug) (E-Penis negative) (50dkp minus!)
 
 
Yes Alien Ware is in a Marketing Contract with DELL,  but this is an advantage to both companies.  Great Marketing Move for both companies!     This gives Dell an alternate way to offer AMD products while keeping the money comeing through the same general pipelines =)  On the other side of the situation if a Bussiness calls for servers, Alien has the option to reffer to DELL's bussiness services openly,  wich means money stays in the family here again.  Don't fool yourself in thinking their under the same roof,  The Two companies are very different, and do not share facilities in any mannor.  Read the review of the merger.  Learn a little about Bussiness managment in the proccess.

lol, yes, I am at work.  where I have to WORK, so as much as I'd like to lurk here all day, I can't. I'll run em tonight and and try an get em for you by tomorrow.

 
Woot you have come back =)  much excitement.   I am able to troll forums all day,  I will await tommorow's testing =)

 
Hi guys! I read the above comments by KilleNotebooks just to see which lappy would be good for me... i did a comparison of both the spects of both Alienware M9700 and the Executioner... well i must say the executioner was giving me the price: $3463 campared to Alienware M9700 with the price tag: $3200 (WITH THE SAME HARDWARE CONFIGURATION!)
 
The only minor Differences in Hardware were:  
 
Alienware M9700: AMD Turion 2.33 Ghz VS Executioner: Intel Core2 Duo 2.33 Ghz
 
ALienware M9700: Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS SLI 512 MB VS Executioner:  nVidia 7900 GTX 512 MB  
 
ALienware M9700: 320 Gig RAID 0 Drives (160 x 2) VS Executioner:  Maxed out 160 Gig HD
 
and yes the ALienware M9700 DID have evrything else mentioned on the executioners list: including all the IO Ports, AUdio Devices Etc...
 
And from the above list you maysee everything with the alienware is BETTER than what youde get with an Executioner... and yet the price difference is $200+!!! I mean WTF!?!
 
I truly shall go for an aleinware not only becuz it looks better, but also becuz its got better specs for a cheaper price...
 
Oh and the site looks better tooo No offense! Please!
 
 
P.S: Please note that i got the SLI deal when Alienware was offering $400 off for the other card... so i basically got an SLI upgrade FREE!!! All other thingies aside!

A Turion single core vs. a Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33 MHz isn't a minor difference. It's a GIGANTIC difference. It's a whole 'nother 2.33 Ghz processor, it's a 4 MB cace vs. 1 MB cache, it's 2 years newer technology and it spanks the pants off AMDs X2 dual core, let alone a single core. It's like comparing a bottle rocket to the space shuttle.
 
Not only that, Alienware's Turion system is NOT AMD's new AM2 platform... that means  
   It is running DDR memory not DDR2 (about HALF the bandwidth)
   You can't upgrade the processor at all because there is a new CPU slot (Turion is the old one)
ALSO
  $100 shipping vs. included with Executioner
  54g wireless ADD $150 for MIMO! Executioner is stock 108 Mbps G+ and MIMO 240 Mbps is $60
  WHY get a performance RAID0 set up, then throw 5,400 rpm drives in it? They CHARGE you just to configure a RAID0!
  NO CUSTOMIZATION except paint that is going to scratch off  
 8O It looks like a BOX.

Within 2 weeks the Executioner will come with a nVidia 7950 GTX 512 MB the 7900 GS is not the second coming... it is a second rate card that is trying to capitalize on the 7900 mystique... it's marketing hype, the thing doesn't even come close to a 7800 GTX let alone a 7900 GTX!

First, that's a 5,400 rpm drive. You don't go ALL OUT on everything, then get a 5,400 rpm drive, it is not performance smart. Better to get 7,200 and lessor processor then.  
 
The Executioner has a RAID controller and can be configured RAID0 just like the review system on Tom's Hardware. It isn't listed because RAID0 is a touchy thing, it isn't the best solution for most people. It can be custom ordered and configured though for no extra charge, Alienware charges $160 for a RAID0 config alone!
 

Hopefully you have a better understanding of the specifications, and see that this statement is way off base. That's ancient technology relatively speaking, and to RAID0 5,400 rpm hard drives to get a little extra space vs. the 7,200 rpm counterparts is silly.  
 

Killer Notebooks took the time to educate you as a consumer so you may now realize WhyTF instead of thinking Alienware is "BETTER" and "$200+ WTF".  
Funny too is that when configured on Alienware's site this comes out to over $3,600?!?  
$+300 for the 512 MB 7900 GS over the 256 version?!? Kids, those cards are $45 upgrades dealer cost from 256 to 512 MB - I'm sure FAR less to Alienware!
$+160 for the RAID0 "honor"?
$+150 for a MIMO wireless card?!!
Don't forget the $100 shipping from alienware!
 

Ok! I agree with you for the most part... simply because i was void of all that knowledge... thankyou foe enlightening me!    
 
Another querie I have is that well... Intel Core 2 Duo is 2 theoretical cores on a single physical processor right?
 
and according to this link from your webpage:
http://www.killernotebooks.com/exe [...] Mark05.jpg
 
Compared to this image from a M9700 Reviewer:
http://www.straferight.com/new/content/view/507/38/
 
You can see he sez :
"Out of the box, I got a 3dMark05 score of 9880."
 
Here another link with the EXACT SAME SPECS as what I wanted found on this site, he sez he got his score in the 9400's (plugged):
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/mob [...] rora+m9700
 
Whilst ur image on your executioners webpage shows a score of:
8610
 
Please id appreciate it if you could clear out this mess Im in! I am not against KillerNotebooks in any way... i just wanted your help! cuz ur the BOMB!    
Thanks!
 
PS Im sorry for the language... i was a little p***ed at my cat for ruining(scratching) my cd's...   8O  

Well I can't really speak to what one person gets on a 3D mark score posted on the internet. I can tell you it is extrememly strange to have an identical 3D Mark number, even from the same system tested at different times.  
 
Secondly, all my tests are an average of 10 consecutive runs of the system. To pull off a one time high number, and try to insinuate that it will always be that high, or will be that high with background processes running is somewhat shady.  
 
When I run a test - it is of a system you are actually getting. It isn't everything stripped off, with the notebok set in the freezer while the test runs, it's as real-world as your going to get from a synthetic benchmark. I also can't give you a 7950 GTX 3Dmark score because i won't have one until the earliest next week.
 
Which brings me to the point that we are talking about a synthetic benchmark. The Futuremark 3DMark isn't optimized to use the dual core's second core. When you look at more synthetic benchmarks like PCMark05, which is going to give you overall system performance, this is what I found on the internet about the Alienware:

Big difference from the 6013 the Ex gets: PC05marks Image... that's almost 69% more overall performance!
 
The Core 2 Duo is essentially 2 "cores" on one die. Game over? Intel knocks out AMD.
There is extensive articles and reviews everywhere on the internet about the C2D, no one