I want to buy a 17" laptop.

I don't care that they are bulky and heavy.  I'm not ready to invest in a new desktop and I want a laptop with a reasonable amount of power.  Since you can't buy a decent laptop (read: game-worthy) with anything smaller than a 17" WUXGA, I'll work with that.

Now, what makes should I be looking at?  Dell has some very reasonable configurations in their Inspiron family combined with some nice coupons makes them hard to ignore.  I know that Alienware is now part of Dell.  Does that make thier laptops any better/worse?  I understand that they are overpriced.  I was looking at some Clevos, but I have some reservations ordering a barebones system from a shoddy website using a Yahoo store front.  Is this concern well-founded or can someone point me towards a good Clevo retailer?

Suggestions welcome.  Flames too, I guess.

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I like how the Auroras spec out, but unfortunately they are not offered with an Intel proc.  I know that the Core Duo knocks the shit out of the Turion, so unless Alienware starts offering the Turion X2 like tomorrow, I won't even think about buying an AMD notebook.