You sometimes get US support depending on what the issue is and if it has been escalated, but their outsourced support does suck.

 

Have you checked out Alienware?

 

alienware = holy debt

 

But the eyes glow...


Besides it's now owned by Dell.

 

Go with the Dell fo sho!!

I have an XPS laptop, and its awsome! no problems at all. The only problem I ever had was I boke a botton on my keyboard. It was my fault, a cookie crumb fell in it, and I thought I could just pop the button back on, but I snapped it. I called them up, and they sent a guy the very next day out to my place to fix it. No questions asked no nothing. Great service!

Which reminds me, I would deffinitely suggest the warranty, incase stupid **** like that happens.

 

Look at both of the them live....it'll be clear cut at that point.

 

clockwork, I know my way around computers. DO NOT GO WITH DELL. The Asus is hands down more powerful in every aspect. Its cheaper. It has a 1 year ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE warranty. The DELL has a 3 year LIMITED warranty. You want to game on your laptop for the next 2 years? DELL WILL NOT HANDLE IT. The Dell's 8600GT is a crap card. Its already almost 2 year old technology. And I see you upgraded your CPU on the Dell which is worthless. I do not know how to stress to you to not buy the Dell. Do not listen to the majority of these people. They are WRONG.

 

I dont game hardcore, but I have done my share on my laptop, and it's not really even meant for it. Handled BF2142 well enough, WoW well enough, etc. still does

 

Why not a MacBook Pro?

You setup BootCamp and have a dual boot machine to run Windows and Mac. Fire up the MacBook and select to boot Windows for your work's software, and then you have the Mac side for everything else. Technically it's 2 computers in one.......so there really isn't a reason not to choose the MacBook Pro if that's what you originally wanted in the first place.

And -100000000 for getting a Dell. We use them at work and go through them like water. They're garbage.

 

I really like my IBM T43 Thinkpad.... never have had any problems with it and its around the same price range as the ones you've got listed