Alienware ALW18-3002sLV 18-Inch Laptop (3.4 GHz Intel Core i7-4700MQ Processor, 8GB DDR3L, 750GB HDD, Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 3GB GDDR5, Windows 7 Home Premium) Silver-Anodized Aluminum [Discontinued By Manufacturer]

Everything comes together with the Alienware 18. Display is crisp and color-rich, design is restrained cool, and build quality is near perfect. Best laptop I have ever used or looked inside of.

When the device arrived, it was great it is a top of the line equipment and have no regrets about acquiring it. But then the Video Cards crashed... So I called for support like on the 3rd day, and was pushed back because the device is NOT under my name but under some retailers name, they directed me to register my product, Which I DID on the first day it got to my house... And when I was trying to register online had an error about my device being already registered. Their support rep transferred the call and after 30 minutes a guy who cant help me picks up the phone saying that he is going to transfer me to the right person. and then he hangs the phone...I called again and had to escalate with a supervisor in order to get anything done, bottom line it took them a week after that call to get the device under my name.I fixed the video cards issue by myself, but they still flicker form time to time, I tried everything and the only way to resolve this is by rebooting the system... As of now I just hope the device lasts and that the issue is a driver problem and not hardware. I really don't want to rely on Alienware support anymore.

EDIT - DO NOT BUY! Dell support is horrible!!! Two motherboards switched out, Only Indian support staff that is almost impossible to understand. If you buy through amazon they make you go through a 30 minute registration through dell when you call to try and get help. It took me over 30 minutes just to get a hold of the "registration" representative to register my computer with dell, even though I had previously done that online. If you really want this computer be aware that dell does not know how to fix an issue with the integrated graphics card, and that they don't like you if you shop on amazon.This is my first alienware computer. I used to be a desktop guy, built my own desktop and put in the latest stuff and got great results. How ever I can't do that with a laptop so after having dell, acer, asus and mac that performed well below what I was looking for I found this one.Amazing build quality - I opened it up the other day to add extra memory and an SSD and then I saw how well this machine is built and how expandable it is, room for 2 hdd and 4 memory slots makes this fairly upgradable from a laptop standpoint. The 18 inch screen sits steady on some really nice and tight hinges and never moves even when I am walking it around the house.Power - This thing is a beast. I do a lot of photoshop, illustrator, autocad, maya work and this thing never stalls ***thats a lie**** It stalled on me once last week when opening up a 5 gb illustrator file. I could however work on the file without any problems after I opened it. I rarely play video games but since I got a "gaming" computer I had to have some fun. I played battlefield 4 on highest setting and was still getting 120-130 fps without any problems. And the fans on the graphics card never go up to maximum speed unless I'm playing battlefield or using some heavy 3d rendering.Looks - It looks like a beast! All the lights are really cool and handy when I work in the dark. How ever I got bored of the lights really fast and they are easy to turn off.Cons - Very few, how ever I hate the power brick. The cable is as thick as a jumper cable and when I sit in my couch working it falls out every time I make a move. The battery life is incredibly limited but by switching to an onboard graphic and lowering the screen brightness it works for about 2 hours. The macro keys to the left of the keyboard don't work in any game that I have tried them in, could be a user error, so I am no fan of those for gaming but I did put in shortcuts for all my work related software on those keys and it speeds my workflow up a bit.All in all I love it! Alienware customer for life!

If you want high-end desktop performance in a transportable package, it doesn't get any better than this. And I use the word "transportable" deliberately - the Alienware 18 is too big and heavy to be truly a laptop or notebook.You lose big time on size and portability with this machine, but gain almost everywhere else:Display: For graphic design and production art, which is what I use it for, the 18.4" panel is gorgeous. It easily beats my previous MacBook Pro 17" on all fronts - brightness, contrast ratio, RGB gamut, color accuracy and viewing angle. Theoretically, a higher resolution than 1920x1080 would be desireable for an 18.4" panel like this - the MacBook Pro Retina is already way higher, as are a couple of Dell's XPS models. However, if you're a user of Windows and Adobe Creative Suite like me, there's a problem with going any higher than 1920x1080. Currently, the likes of Photoshop and InDesign cannot upscale their UIs for these ultra-high DPI panels - you either have to suffer working with miniscule UI elements, or reduce resolution to make them big enough to read (and thus negating the advantage of a high-DPI panel). When choosing this machine, I decided on practicality over bragging rights.Chassis/Build quality: It's good, very good, but ultimately still a Dell at heart. The metal chassis elements make it very rigid and solid, but there's still a lot of plastic there - too much for it to truly equal a MacBook Pro or a high-end Sony VAIO, at least in terms of that "premium" look and feel. The rubber coating on the plastic chassis elements is also flawed - due to the weight of the machine, the corners tend to rub hard on all they meet, especially inside a backpack, and the coating wears off in these spots (in my case it took a day). I have a $30 case for my Nokia phone with a similar rubberized coating which still hasn't worn off in 4 months of hard use, and years ago I had an IBM ThinkPad T-series with the same exterior finish that took probably a year of hard abuse to wear off to this extent. OK, this is strictly cosmetic, but really, Dell?In terms of weight, forget this if you want something you can easily carry around. The computer itself weighs twice as much as your average 17" desktop replacement laptop, and the power supply brick alone weighs more than a MacBook Air we have lying around the house. Enough said.Ergonomics/Design: The first thing I did was turn off all the external LED lighting except the keyboard, which transforms the machine from a 70s discotheque into an understated black monolith. The keyboard itself is full-size, the action and tactility is better than just about any other laptop I've used, and the programmable macro keys at the far-left and above the numeric keypad make good use of the huge available space. And that space really is enormous - the palmrest resembles the deck of an aircraft carrier, but this causes one small gripe - why isn't the trackpad WAY bigger? It's not like there's no room for it!The height of the machine is also considerable - think two or even three regular laptops stacked on top of each other. I can see why some people would complain about the lower edge of the machine being too high and no, it's not ideal, but I got used to it in less than a day. It's not bad, just different, especially if like me you're used to super-slimline laptops.Performance: Insane. I went for the dual NVIDIA GTX 770m model, and immediately upgraded it with a 256MB mSATA flash drive and a second 750GB 7200rpm SATA disk. This beats the high-end the Xeon-powered, Quadro graphics-equipped desktop workstation I recently used in the office hands-down. It just doesn't feel most of the tasks you throw at it. The only thing that makes it break sweat is Crysis 3, and I installed this essentially out of curiosity to see how much it could take - it's only a game. For general productivity and destop publishing work, the Alienware 18 rivals all but the most expensive workstations.One small negative point is that due to the NVIDIA cards being SLI you can't switch from them to the integrated Intel HD 4600 graphics without a reboot, but it's hardly a deal-breaker.Noise/heat: As quiet as any laptop I've used. Even with both of those 770m cards working at full tilt, it's surprisingly quiet, and the fans kick in quickly when needed and then just as rapidly spin down when the load is reduced. People have reported problems here with the latest A06 BIOS update, but I've yet to experience any. In terms of heat, it gets warm, but just that - never hot or anything close. When you're using the Intel graphics and just messing about on the Internet or using Office, it's almost completely silent.Overall: If you're willing to sacrifice weight, size, and most importantly price, to get the ultimate in performance, look no further. If The Alienware 18's attributes in these areas are just too much for your taste or needs, then look elsewhere. For me, however, it's pretty much ideal.

This computer can run all my games on ultra graphics like battlefield 4 and I get no lag the color around it is amazing and just looks awsome I just like to go to Starbucks with mine and show off and play games my friend plays on mine and says it not a computer it's a spaceship this thing is just awsome