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Anyone know of good places to purchase a high end laptop in Europe?

Alienware, Dell, IBM to name a few.

Which one of those would you reccomend?

I'd recommend Dell, they're the only type of premade PC that I'd buy, I'd usually buy the parts and build my own.

Dakarne wrote:I'd recommend Dell, they're the only type of premade PC that I'd buy, I'd usually buy the parts and build my own.

Thank you, but I'm talking about a LAPTOP, if you want to build one, be my guest, show me how.

Otherwise, thank you for the reccomendation.

You can build your own laptop. It's a pain in the ass and expensive, and you either have to buy a motherboard to match a chassis or mod it but it can and has been done.

No one has ever goten fired for buying IBM.

And IBM thinkpad is the best laptop that mony can buy in trems of durability and reablity.

But not in the top when it comes to preformance and weight.

I need something middle of the road, but with atleast a 6600 or 6600GT for graphics work, this is for a co-worker who works on engines. Thanks for the reccomendations.

Such a laptop will be a heavy beast and you'll probably have to go with something like Dell's gaming laptops.

phongn wrote:Such a laptop will be a heavy beast and you'll probably have to go with something like Dell's gaming laptops.

Weight is not an issue.

Do you know wether Dell has any laptop models with one of the 6xxx line included?

Dell Website

Lets you customise your laptop to suit your needs too. That may include 6k line of mobile Geforce cards.

Do you know wether Dell has any laptop models with one of the 6xxx line included?

The XPS Gen 2 has a GeForce Go 6800.

Thanks, finnaly found one with a 6 series.

Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 has a GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
HP/Compaq nw8240 has a FireGL V5000 (RV410 core)

A word of warning though : Dell customer support is said to be a bitch.

Bounty wrote:A word of warning though : Dell customer support is said to be a bitch.

Depends on what hours you call at, either you get the overseas help desk who mearly run your through a script of likley problems(Which is good if your the avarage moron) but if something is seriously wrong it make take awhile to get to an acutal engineer.

HP has a nice "Customize a laptop and we'll send it to you" section of their website. I haven't bought anything yet, (and i don't know if they ship to Europe), but it was REALLY cusomizable. Plus it was cheaper than Dell's custom page (not quite $2,000 VS $3,000+ for dell)

Dave wrote:HP has a nice "Customize a laptop and we'll send it to you" section of their website. I haven't bought anything yet, (and i don't know if they ship to Europe), but it was REALLY cusomizable. Plus it was cheaper than Dell's custom page (not quite $2,000 VS $3,000+ for dell)

HP does not use the same parts and chassies that Dell uses, letting them save money at the hidden cost of losing preformance.

Dell is the King of OEM Laptops, Alienware is the Overlord of Custom Laptops, Voodoo tech is the Emperor of high end Paintjob Laptops which just look freken cool.

But Dell is the cheaper of the three followed by Alienware then Voodoo(Because Coolness costs)

Asus z71v. Has a 6600 video unit; you can get one for around $1300 (depends on the parts you choose) US. Best price is probably istnc.com at the moment.

Mr Bean wrote:HP does not use the same parts and chassies that Dell uses, letting them save money at the hidden cost of losing preformance.

HP/Compaq's business line is actually quite good, near IBM in quality. It is their home/consumer line that is poorly built. The nw8240 is intended as a high-performance mobile CAD machine for professional users and is built to match.

Seggybop wrote:Asus z71v. Has a 6600 video unit; you can get one for around $1300 (depends on the parts you choose) US. Best price is probably istnc.com at the moment.

The problem is as you stated, its U.S.

It has to be in Europe.

https://www.pctorque.com/ appears to have international shipping, and it doesn't get anymore high end than than the Sager 9880, though there are plenty of great options below the $2500 price range.

Tiger Ace wrote:

Seggybop wrote:Asus z71v. Has a 6600 video unit; you can get one for around $1300 (depends on the parts you choose) US. Best price is probably istnc.com at the moment.

The problem is as you stated, its U.S.

It has to be in EuroIspe.

Is it necessary for them to be in Europe, or only to ship there?

Ship, and not to expensive.