I would go with what Nicolaib says, get a gaming desktop, and mediocre laptop for caring around. You can get a decent gaming laptop but regardless of the brand it will most likely be over $1000.00 as Jay said. As far as Alienware, I saw some the other day that were around the same price as some Tosiba (sp) gaming laptops. One thing though if you really are thing of a gaming laptop, keep in mind you will need a fork lift to carry it around, as they do tend to weigh a lot more then most standard ones do.