The Area-51 m15x gaming laptop is a bit bulky but has amazing performance. For the price of $2999 you get the highest performing components and nice features like an illuminated keyboard. If you are all about performance and a gamer go buy this laptop. If you travel a lot go get a laptop like the iTablet T221 Tablet PC.

Specs:

15.4” 1920×1200 display
512MB GeForce 8800M GTX
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4Ghz
4GB RAM
Intel Turbo Memory
200GB 7200RPM HDD
8X Dual Layer DVD Burner
WiFi-N