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I would buy the Alienware 18 2013 model with maxed out specs just because

-its a great gaming laptop (desktop replacement)

-very serviceable

-decent cooling system (hot air vented out the back and not into your hands)

-they finally friken moved to the matte screen (no more GLARE AHA)

but if Alienware is too overrated I would go with Clevo 780 sli or the MSI gs70 stealth :)

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I think I'd have to go with a slim and powerful laptop with a thunderbolt so I could rig up myself and an eGPU for when i want serious gaming. Unfortunately that left me with only the 2013 13" Macbook Pro with the 4850HQ processor.

I'd quickly get a new back made to remove the fruit based idiot mark get windows on it. Get a TB to PCIe setup, a power supply (I'd probably get a dedicated 12V supply and fit the 8 pin and 6 pin myself it would look tidier than an ATX PSU) and a custom milled housing for it and a 780Ti. I know there would be a big chunk of diminishing returns on such a big card running over TB but hey money's no object. :)

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I would buy the Dell Precision M6800 with highest parameters. I don't need best gaming performance but excelent overall performance with high speed processor (i7 4900+) and fast reliable drive (SSD in RAID 0,1), good graphic card (Quadro K5100M), lot of RAM for virtual systems and good security options like fingerprint reader and contactless SmartCard reader :)

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8740w with DreamColor 2 display

Why?

1. 16:10 17,1" WUXGA RGB LED 10bit IPS

2. Still need more?!

3. MXM-B

4. Awesome design and built quality

5. That glorious display! Yes, it's that good!

Or I'll build one more like the one above, but with more recent CPU power.

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People seem to hate Alienware, and personally I have no idea why. I would say go with a new AW laptop. It has Haswell and is very nice from what I have heard. I have the M14x R2 and have seen very few issues myself. The laptops are always good build quality and I love the ability to customize the lights. Of course that is not a necessary feature, but the speed and graphics ability is great for a laptop of their price.

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Alienware 17 for me is by far the best notebook around.

Why?

You can choose if you want a monitor with 60hz or 120hz to fit your needs.

The metal frame is better than Clevo P170SM and even P370SM.

Upgradability i would say that the it's the same, but you always have dell with the new stuff, and a warranty like no other.

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The 15" with the biggest amount of HDD slots ( 4x or 5x 1TB SSD RAID0 ) doesn´t even matter if it´s mSATA or 2.5"

32GB RAM!

High Color Gamut or any really good IPS screen.

Thunderbolt + Ti Firewire 800

Would be great if it could disable devices in BIOS, stuff like onboard crap (audio, fingerprint, dedicated gfx card, etc)

That would be heaven. Honestly i don´t care for anything else. I think that there´s nothing like that out there.

Clevo P150SM can handle 4x SSD, does have TI firewire400, and there´s HCG screen for it, 32GB RAM is easy.

On the downside, no thunderbolt, no option to disable stuff in bios

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Probably a Clevo. I'd love to have an ultra fancy laptop like the Alienware 17 or 18, but I don't get why would anyone buy that instead of desktop PC. I don't get why Alienware doesn't give us the choice of the best GPUs in the 14" to be honest. That would definitely be my choice. I mean, as long as you have an HDMI/Displayport out, who cares if the display isn't big enough.

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PI don't get why Alienware doesn't give us the choice of the best GPUs in the 14" to be honest. That would definitely be my choice. I mean, as long as you have an HDMI/Displayport out, who cares if the display isn't big enough.

It's not an issue with the display size/resolution. Notebooks of that size have issues dissipating the heat put off by the higher end GPUs.

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