i was considering getting the Alienware laptop, but then i stumbled on
www.powernotebooks.com. I recommend you look on that site, it has WONDERFULL service, and at affordable prices, for the exact same product that Alienware offers(minus the 400 dollar paint job). The SagerNP5660 is the same laptop as the Alienware, but i also recommend you take a look at the Sager NP8882. If you can wait till the end of October, the 8882 will have a ATI9000 graphics chip and USB 2.0. It also supports up to 3 internal hard drives, and has 2PCMCIA slots. This is the main reason I'm getting it. The NP5660/Area51m only have 1 TypeII PCMCIA slot, and has NO support for TypeIII PCMCIA. PCMCIA compatibility may not be important to you, but it is one of the first things I look at