Recommendation for a new notebook

[[AK]Clay]

The lovely wife's notebook is not up to snuff for WoW. She'd like a new notebook to replace the old one. I am am no longer up to date on what technologies are out there and would like board recommendations on what to look for.

Usage is such that it need not be one of the super slim model.

Suggestions?

-Clay

[[AK]StitchJones]

If your going to be gaming with this laptop, you want to invest in an Alienware laptop. They make a fantastic product. And since you are not really worried about size, you get get a very beefy unit for a good chunk of change that will last for a while. The MJ-12m 7700 is the top shelf model that they offer.
You could go with the normal base model, but you will want to bump the ram up another 512mb.

Alienware

[Katanas Blade]

I spent a while looking around for a high quality gaming laptop, while at the same time refusing to spend the extra two K that alienware and dell charges.

I came up with Sager.

And I purchased through PCTorque as they had some additional configuration offers (like, going without the OS, getting additional peripherals, etc.) Both Sager and PCTorque offer free lifetime tech support in addition to the warranty period of your choice/purchase.

And the tech support through Sager is performed by the people who configure and build the laptops themselves, not some barely understandable person from India.

[[AK]Hylander]

I can confirm what Katanas said. I purchased a Sager notebook through PC Torque and received excellent service. I did purchase the extended warranty, which did help in the resale value when I sold it. It was a P4 3.0 Gig (Full P4, not a mobile) with 1 gig of RAM and an ATI 9000 mobile. At the time, it played most games without any problems.. although it was for my wife, so it didn't see a whole lot beyond the Sims.

[[AK]Clay]

Thank you gents. If you go here...

http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/web_specials.html

I'm seriously thinking about the third one, which at the time of this posting, is the NP4750. It has an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 card (128 MB). Any loud warning alarms klanking on that choice?

[Slaughter]

Stay away from Alienware unless you're getting 3 year extended warranty.

[[AK]Hylander]

Thank you gents. If you go here...

http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/web_specials.html

I'm seriously thinking about the third one, which at the time of this posting, is the NP4750. It has an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 card (128 MB). Any loud warning alarms klanking on that choice?

Just be aware that these are desktop replacements. They are big, heavy, and hot. But they rock.