Alienware has had MANY design issues that I wouldn't carry over to any other brand when it comes to thermals. The ASUS will get very hot, but not do damage to itself. The main concern you will want to have is your HDD temps getting over 55c which will reduce it's life.Select wrote:Tax, if Fal is warning about Asus cooling, you might want to consider another brand. Alienware had awful cooling and no cooling pad could save mine from melting itself over and over again. Maybe cooling pads are better than four years ago, but I would not risk it.
I've always heard Acer, Sager, and Asus were the best, with Acer and Sager at the top. When I can afford one, I will consider those two brands. Toshibas are pretty good, too, now that I think about the word of mouth.
P.S. How's your Roomba? I've seen a few deals on them lately, but still can't drop the money.
Also you need to be very very specific when referring to Acer, Acer owns Gateway which *used to* do one thing right, their FX series notebooks. They packed a ton of goodies into a 17" chasis which included a current day top processor, 64bit os, RAID (2 hdd slots for a stripe), and a WXUGA screen. The problem in the past year since they released their last major overhaul is they haven't changed much, just continued to drop the price. All in all that's a good thing since you can get a laptop that will compete with what Tax just bought for around $1050 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Gateway+-+F ... Id=9605365). I actually own the model I'm talking about (P7811-FX) when it was first released at $1450 and nothing could touch it. Now you have more options at a lower price and that is a good thing.
Tax - While waiting for your new toy read all 101 pages of this.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=393735
