Best gaming laptop?

[Green Blockhead]

Well a certain big day is less than a month away, and I'm currently researching the best laptop with performance for gaming.

I have looked at Alienware/Dell, Sager, Samsung and other brands. Alienware has a pretty bad reputation, I still need some clarification on that. Sager looks awesome when it comes to customization, but they're only in the US. Samsung looks sweet as well with it's mode dials and stuff.

I've set some rules for myself when buying a gaming laptop:

1. Hard drive spaces no less than 500GB. Preferably, I want something at least 750GB+. The best I can get is 1TB or more.
2. I would prefer to have a graphics card branded by AMD, but don't hesitate to recommend Nvidia either.
3. An Intel Core i7 processor sounds perfect, i5's are pretty good too.
4. 8GB and 16GB RAM is perfect. 4GB sounds okay, try not to go lower than that.
5. Windows 7 Home Prenium is acceptable, but Professional or Ultimate are fantastic at running old games.
6. Go big on the screen or go home. Anything with 17" in screen size sounds swell.
7. I will be playing graphics-heavy games such as Skyrim, Garry's Mod, Sonic Generations, Battlefield 3, MW3 (possibly), Saints Row: The Third, Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City.
8. A long battery life when I can't find a plug socket would be nice.
9. Basically, any laptop that can do what a desktop can do is perfect.

Speaking of desktops, no I'm not going to buy another desktop. Here's why: strangely enough, I travel abroad to at least one place overseas every year. I want to take my games with me and have as much fun as I would at home. So please, don't tell me to get a desktop. I've had this Dell Inspiron 530 with Windows Vista with only 222GB of disk space for nearly 5 years now. I've realized it's time to fit in with everyone else. Not to mention, desktops are heavier and are the kings of making messes with all their cables snaking around my desk.

I'd also like to hear why Alienware have such a bad reputation. Overpriced pieces of plastic? Shortest-lived life form on earth in terms of machine? Do give me some reasons.

[Handsome Jack]

Gaming laptop is an oxymoron. Just putting it out there.

Alienware have a bad reputation because Dell filled them so full of crap it's not even funny. You can get the same specs of an Alienware desktop at a lower price if you build one, for example.

I currently have a gaming desktop now, switched over from a desktop replacement, but I found Clevo (Sager's a rebranding of Clevo laptops) to be my best option. There are online vendors in Europe, but I'm not sure which.

-What about solid-state drives? Are they an option?
-As with desktops, i7 only if you're using threaded applications. The difference between a high-end i5 and a high-end i7 is miniscule in gaming.
-8GB is fine. You don't need to go above that.
-Gaming laptops don't have long battery life. They're power-hungry, and usually go for an hour on battery and that's it.
-Desktop replacements don't have that much power. You sure you can't build a small form-factor desktop and take that with you, if a monitor or TV is accessible?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, but it's so I can narrow down my suggestions.

[Green Blockhead]

Alright, thanks for your input. How does this sound?

Customized it myself on Dell's own website, so I bet I won't "fill it with crap" like Dell normally does.

[Handsome Jack]

Looks good. Go for it.

[BJPalmer85]

Check out the Razer gaming laptop. You can find it on amazon for a good price.

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[emilyshortcake]

alienware is lovely.