The Glade 4.0

Is the Nvidia 330m any good or just a gyp? Everything else about it pwns my current desktop (Core2duo at 3.2ghz, 6800GTX, 4gb ram)

What're you looking to do with the laptop?

I've got an Nvidia Ion 2 in my new netbook, which is pretty similar to the 330m in performance. It will run a game like Dragon Age quite playably, but anything tougher than that is out of the question.

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Primary computer. I barely ever boot the desktop these days. Laptop would be a 2.5ghz i7, 4gb ram, 512mb solid state disk, 512mb 330m - other than the GPU looks plenty quick...

As a primary computer/desktop replacement, if you plan to do much gaming on it, I cannot emphasize enough how much I recommend the ASUS G73 series. Honestly, it's probably much cheaper than the one you're looking at, and will run rings around it in just about every way (and the processor difference isn't that much, actually. While rated at 1.73GHz, the i7 740m will overclock itself on the fly up to 3GHz.) If you really want the solid state drive that much (and with the 7200rpm drives in the G73, you won't see a huge boost from them) -- the G73 actually has two drive bays. You can stick a small SS OS drive in it and still have room for a good size data drive.

The G73 is nearly silent, one of the coolest-running laptops on the market, with a beautiful 1080 17.3" screen, and the best mobile GPU existant. ASUS also has the highest reliability rating among notebook manufacturers.

Downside: The battery life is as low as can be expected for a machine that packs in this much punch.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Not too concerned about battery life. 15" is as big as I want to go though - it needs to be portable.