Alienware

[PeteSB75]

Originally Posted by King James

my only concern would be that if your son is going to college and will be using the laptop for school work as well, I've heard alienware laptops have horrible battery life. This may have changed with the most recent models, but if it is still the case having something that won't die during the middle of class would be better.

You will get crap battery out of any laptop specced for gaming. Video cards just pull too much power.

[King James]

Originally Posted by PeteSB75

You will get crap battery out of any laptop specced for gaming. Video cards just pull too much power.

Yah, thats what I figured. Just didn't know if they made any improvements since I last looked at the specs. I switched to Apple 4 years ago and have been getting more and more out of the loop with PCs lately.