I'll say this once:
Get a light weight sensible laptop unless you plan to leave it on your desk and never take it anywhere. I got a nice gaming laptop and its a pain in the ass to carry it all over the place. Seriously, if you plan to keep it with you don't go overboard.
I speak from lots of experience, my own as well as several other people I know.
PS - Alienware is about the worst place to shop for a laptop, Newegg or Tigerdirect will be way better bang for your buck. Also the last time I shopped around Acer was both durable/reliable and competitively priced, but there may be other decent brands as well. The ones to stay away from in my experience are Sony & HP, Sony for battery issues and HP for..well everything. Its been a while though so Sony may have gotten better.
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