Laptop computer for gaming and techies

Gamers and techies need a laptop computer that is feature rich and is top of the line. It is usually at par with a high-end desktop computer. What they need is a gaming laptop notebook that is overclocked delivering high-end graphics all the way. All such notebook computers start with 4 kg, are cumbersome to carry around on a regular basis and have a large widescreen, preferably 17 inches TFT. These power packed notebooks are known as desktop replacements or gaming notebooks. They are also very expensive, starting from about $2500 to $6000. Gaming notebooks use the fastest processors and powerful video cards to display the best 3D gaming performance. For the serious gaming enthusiast, a high-powered tower PC is the right choice; however, if you want to test your skills with other gamers at a LAN party or want to play while still mobile, then this gaming laptop is perfect for you.

Expectations from a high-end gaming laptop computer

Cutting-edge graphics. A lot of memory is reserved specially for 3D games. ATI and nVidia offer mobile versions of fast graphics cards that are complete with 256 MB or 512 MB of video memory. A state-of-art gaming laptop would feature an ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 or nVidia GeForce Go 7900 graphics processor to give cutting-edge graphics capabilities.
Fast Processors. The power of high-powered desktop PCs is accomplished by these high-end gaming notebooks with heafty battery packs, huge heat sinks, special ventilation ducts, and several cooling fans. All this increases the weight to more than 7 kgs and up, with Intel's 3.8 GHz Pentium 4 processor or AMD's Athlon 64 FX CPU. Some weight may be saved with the latest and fastest versions of Intel Core Duo or AMD Turion 64 CPU.
Eye catching designs. With so much power and so much money involved, the manufacturers ensure that your high-end laptop stands out in the crowd by performance and also by looks. To enhance and customize looks, Dell's XPS system features LED lights which can be customized. Alienware displays its glowing alien head. Falcon Northwest, Voodoo PC and Hypersonic offer high shine and high gloss automotive-class custom paint jobs on such high-end, power-packed gaming laptops.
Large and speed enhanced hard drives. To hold all the 3D games, you would need minimum 80 GB hard disk, preferably 100 GB. Each game would take up almost 5 GB of storage space. For most desktop replacements, a 5,400-rpm drive would suffice, but if you want the game data from the hard disk to be transferred to the CPU without any wait time, then you will need a 7,200-rpm drive.
Crisp, large displays. The display size is a minimum of 15.4 inches. Larger screens are much more preferable as the visual detail of the games become more clearer along with the shooting accuracy of the gamers. To spot enemies on the flanks, a widescreen display with WUXGA resolution is necessary.

General configuration of a laptop for gamers and techies

Type: Gaming, Media
Operating System: MS Windows XP Professional
Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz/ 3.4 GHz
RAM: 1024 MB
Storage Capacity: 160 GB/ 60 GB
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 6800 Go/ ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Primary Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW (Plus Minus)
Wireless: 802.11g
Screen Size: 17 inches/ 15.4 inches
Weight: 12.4 lb/ 8.8 lb