Chaz LAN_WROTE ... PITN LAN_WROTE ... gaming and laptops.... don't mix too well. I'll second that. I had an Alienware laptop a few years back. Although it was fast, it had cooling issues after beingon for 2-3 hours.. Eventually more and more blue screen of deaths begin to happen so I sold it (to some unsuspecting chap on eBay). But if you still want to get one, I've heard good things about ASUS. there's nothing wrong with their current build, I've been using a M11x with an intel 2 core duo thingy, and a 256 SSD for almost a year and I've had NO issues what so ever, you must have gotten a bad egg