m14 is a tad small and alienware laptops are on the heavy + pricy side... Here\'s a full 1080p capable 15' laptop under $1200 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230141 8GB RAM is all you need, unless you\'re playng Skyrim, Crysis, and editing HD video all simultaneously... (2GB) 560M is one of the best discrete cards, about the same level as 650M IIRC. Missing an SSD, but 7200 rpm HDD is better than the usual 5400. Nice i7 (bit low clock speed though) I... can\'t find the weight or battery life estimate ?_? Here\'s another nice 15' for ~$100 less: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152339 Third gen i7 as you can see... Also 1080p screen 6GB of RAM 650M GPU 7200 RPM 750GB HDD