It seems like the most popular gaming laptops are one that have large LCD's. Take a jaunt over Amazon.com and you'll come across the ASUS G Series G73JH-A1, a popular beast of a gaming/media editing machine. Gamers agree that the machine has a lot power to play with; it easily handles any games at the highest settings. The laptop also packs plenty of power to handle intense media editing, do high resolution renderings, and fly with anything else you throw at it. Read the rest of this entry »

The HP Envy 14 is vastly improved from the the original Envy systems that HP introduced back in 2009. What you’ve got here in a 14.5” LCD machine that weighs 5.2 pounds, has a 2.66GHz Intel Core i5-450M processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB 7,200rpm hard drive. It’s video card is the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 GPU with 1GB of VRAM. It’s got two USB ports, an eSATA / USB combo port, HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, and two headphone jacks, one of which double as a mic jack as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s take another dip into the Newegg.com pool just to see what we can see. Just a quick swim on over to their Laptops / Notebook’s section reveals that Newegg’s second most popular laptop is Lenovo's Y550P (324156U). The Y550P has the new Core i7 processor which means that the machine can easily handle gaming, browsing, business applications, and still be ready for more. Read the rest of this entry »

Before we move onto Best Buy's desktops let's take a look at one final gaming laptop. The Alienware M17X-2308MBK is totally designed for high performance portable gaming. Alienware has a reputation for producing high end gaming rigs with the fastest hardware available; the M17X-2308MBK is no exception! Inside you'll find the Intel Core 2 (Q9000 (Penryn) which features 4 cores running at 2GHz. On the memory front there's 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM installed which can be upgraded to 8GB. Your graphics card is the NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260M which has 1GB dedicated video memory, 112 CUDA core, and runs at 1375 MHz. The 500GB hard drive spins at 7200rpm and Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive has double-layer support. Other features include a wireless N/Gigabit LAN, 2 megapixel webcam, to 8-in-1 media reader, 4 high speed USB ports, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. The operating system is Windows 7 64 bit edition. Overall weight is 11.68 pounds and battery life is up to 3 Hours, 26 minutes. Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy currently has 9 laptops that are designed for gaming. Their top gaming laptop is the Asus G72GX-RBBX05. It's got a large 17.3" LCD widescreen, an (P8700) Intel Core 2 CPU running at 2.53GHz, 6GB of (DDR2) RAM, and a 500GB (540000RPM) hard drive. It's (nVidia GTX 260M 1GB) graphics card has enough power to handle most of today's 3-D games. Everything else that comes with this system is pretty standard: Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW (dual layer) drive, 1.3MP webcame, 8-1 in media reader, wireless N, and gigabit networking. Windows 7 64 Bit Version is your operating system, overall weight is 8.8 pounds. Best Buy indicates that the battery life is 1 hour, 23 minutes...that's pretty piss poor! Read the rest of this entry »

The Asus G73JH-RBBX09 is the one of the top selling gaming laptops at Best Buy. If you're looking for a large screen laptop that has oomph to play any of today's 3-D games this is it. It's got a larger 17.3-inch LCD which everybody seems to love, an ultra powerful quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (720QM), and a ferocious 8GB of GDDR5 memory. Look under the hood at the Graphics card and you'll find the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870. This graphics card is today's most powerful video card for mobile computing. Gamers say it plays Modern Warfare 2 and Crysis on maximum settings "like a hot knife through butter." Also inside is a 1TB hard drive (7200rpm) and Windows 7 (64 Bit Version). The think weighs 7.5 pounds and is 2.2" thin. Unfortunately all this power does come at a price: battery life is just under 2 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

This week Newegg's deal of the week is the Lenovo IdeaPad Y550-41865GU. This Lenovo is a mid range all purpose laptop the can be used to business use, gaming, or everyday computing. It's got a Intel Core Duo 2.13Ghz processor with 4GB the faster DDR3 RAM, and a 320GB hard drive. Buyers indicate that the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M video card is a mid level card that packs enough power to play most games at mid to high level settings. It comes with a DVD±R/RW optical drive, a 1.3MP camera, wireless N WiFi, and Windows Home Premium. The 6 cell battery typically will last 2-4 hours. The Y550-41865GU is sell for $799 at on Newegg, $200 off the regular $999 price. Read the rest of this entry »

Asus has created an excellent laptop for the serious gamer who loves large screens. Their N61JQ-X1 has a 16" LCD (1366x768 resolution), weighs 6.5 pounds, and comes with some serious hardware for today's gaming enthusiast. It 's ultra fast quad core CPU (Intel Core i7 720QM at 1.6GHz) and video card (ATI Mobility Radeon 5730) easily churns out today's top games. Read the rest of this entry »

Top end laptops: everybody wants one but most of us can't afford one. Those lucky enough to have an extra $2,299 laying around can purchase the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S and be happy. This 13 inch Ultra Thin has a CPU (2.4GHz Intel Core i5 M520) and Graphics Card (Nvidia GeForce GT 330M) that packs enough power to play mid level games and multitask with ease. You get an ultra high end 256GB SSD hard drive which totally performs. The thing weighs 3.0 pounds and has a battery that lasts about 3 hours. Other nice features are the optical drive and the Windows 7 64 bit OS. Read the rest of this entry »

The Alienware M15x is a vast improvement over previous generations. Read the rest of this entry »

This week Newegg.com is featuring the Acer Aspire AS5739G-6959 for $649.99. That's $150 savings from the usual $799.99 price. This laptop is nearly identical to the Acer AS5739G-6132 which ranked #1 in our Best 5 Laptops on Newegg – October Edition. It has a 15.6" LED backlight display running at 1366 x 768 resolution. The 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M video card can run World of Warcraft on high settings and is a pure beast according to this user opinion on Tom's Hardware. The Intel Dual Core CPU runs a 2.2Ghz with 4GB RAM and a 320GB Hard drive. The AS5739-6959 also comes with Windows 7 and today's standard lineup: 720p Webcam, Wireless N, a HDMI port, and 5.1 surround sound (coming out of two built-in stereo speakers and one Tuba CineBass Booster). Read the rest of this entry »

If you're scouting for a laptop with enough power to play today's games, enough battery strength to last 2-3 hours, and a large LCD consider the Acer Aspire AS8735G-6502. This quality laptop was built for the mobile gamer in mind! It comes with 2.2Ghz of CPU power, 4GB DDR3 RAM, and a 500GB SATA Hard Drive. The 18.4″ Widescreen LCD screen delivers excellent clarity for games and movies. The NVIDIA Geforce CT 240M Video card packs mid to high level of gaming performance. The AS8735G-6502 comes with a DVD Super Multi Optical Drive, 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless, 8-cell Li-ion Battery, and Windows 7 64 Bit. Read the rest of this entry »