Before you all go "hurr Alienware sucks, just hear me out. I have an Alienware M11X, bought for ~$650. The base price is $600, and even that laptop is great, and at only 11" across, it's very small and light, and there is no difference in performance when running on batteries. I get ~50 fps on Crysis on medium settings, no AA. This laptop is great, and it is not just "a shiny Dell with pretty lights".