greetings, I need to get a laptop in next 2 months. I'm lookin for one with lots of power i.e. with hyperthreading and lightweight!! Any pointers?

www.alienware.com The best money can buy.... 2nd choice would be Dell's new gaming laptop. "In my next life, I am going to have more memory installed"

Most Dell computers advertise a Pentium 4 CPU, but actually have a Celeron 4. Be sure to check into it before you buy it. I suggest checking out the new HP laptops, found here: http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/cto/computer_customize_start.do Check out the zv5000t series. For the price it is unbeatable. It has it all. 3.2GHz P4, 15.4" LCD, WiFi, 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 video, etc.. Just my 2 cents though..

the best notebooks you can get are sagers, with a body from Clevo. you can configure one at pctorque.com or sagernotebooks.com .i recently ordered their 8790-s with 3.4GhZ, ATI Radeon 9700 with 256MB RAM, 1024MB dual-channel PC3200 RAM, DVD-RW, TV-tuner, bluetooth, wireless G, 17" widescreen for LESS THAN $2700... depending on your budget, if you feel like you want power and you don't mind spending some extra $$$, go for sager. i guess that half the people here haven't heard about them, so let me say a last thing to conclude myself: all major gaming brands, alienware, hypersonic, voodoo, SAGER, use the same bodies and components because they all get them from the same company; Clevo. The only difference is price and a fancy paintjob. if you want to save money and don't care too much about paintjob, go for Sager (they have custom colors, too, but for an extra $399)... all i can say is that i'm most satisfied with my lappy and i can run everything, including FarCry at highest settings with no lag and usually at LEAST 70FPS (FarCry @ 1680x1050)... again, pctorque.com for information about sager, www.notebookforum.com will help answer your questions. good luck

Don't get all starry eyed over bells and whistles. SHOP, SHOP, SHOP. Then Shop some more. A good warranty is as important as a good battery. A good laptop would let you load xp from a disk of your chioce not a recovery disk. Have fun with your new toy...

lol, it's funny how you say this. sager has a no-dead-pixel warranty, plus you can it has a 30-day "money back, no questions asked" warranty as well, PLUS, you can buy an extra 3 year full coverage.. so that covers the warranty part. the battery is not the greatest because it's a gaming machine, but i can watch a full-length DVD on a fully charged 12-cell. plus, the OS they give you is OEM, which means it's as if you'd buy it in store, but you can chose to get it without OS (like i did) and install your own, which, i think, is the best... btw, sager HAS no recovery disks. every sager comes with a software bundle that includes basic things like Nero, WinDVD, drivers, etc. go to www.pctorque.com for more info...