Alienware M17

Alienware M17 is the latest laptop from this great PC gaming company. It features ATI video cards (yes, it includes multi-GPU Crossfire X) and also comes with Intel Quad Core 2 Extreme CPU’s. These options do drive up the price a bit, but the basic version starts from $1,399.

Despite the recent redesign of Alienware laptops, this model stays with the old chassis.

To give you an example of a test system, an M17 can have a 1,920×1,200 display, 3GB of RAM, dual ATI Radeon HD 3870 cards, a 7,200 rpm 160GB drive, and all this costs $1,999.

Asus G50Vt Gaming Laptop

Asus G50Vt Gaming Laptop

The Asus G50V4 is a gaming laptop with a 15.4 inch screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 320 GB hard drive, up to 4GB RAM and a GeForce 9800M GS video card with 512MB of RAM on it. Other features include a webcam, a Blu-Ray DVD combo option, 8 in 1 card reader, Bluetooth and WiFi.

According to some tests, this model looks good, offers great value for the money, is built on the latest Centrino 2 technology and works great in games. The downsides are the 7.5 lbs weight and the battery life, which lasts between 1.5 and 2.5 hours.

Samsung NC20 Netbook Will Have A Via Processor

The soon to be released Samsung NC20 netbook will come equipped with a Via Nano processor. While the NC10 model is considered one of the best netbooks, the NC20 will do it even better, coming with a 12 inch display, a better keyboard and Windows XP. The Via Nano will have 1.3Ghz. The netbook will also have the Chrome DX9 GPU, which should work well with video playback and more basic 3D apps.