Asus or Alienware?

[josh7331]

I'm trying to decide between these 2 products.

an Alienware m11x for $969
VIDEO CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M
LCD PANEL 11.6-inch WideHD 1366x768 (720p) WLED
SOUND OPTIONS Internal High-Definition Surround Sound Audio (5.1)
WIRELESS CARDS Alienware M11x a/b/g/n 2x2 MIMO Wireless
Adobe Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader
NETWORK CARD Integrated 10/100 Network Interface Card
AUTOMATIC UPDATES Automatic Updates: On
WEBCAM 1.3MP Web Cam
Standard Nameplate Trigger Standard Nameplate
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
HARD DRIVE 250GB SATAII 7,200RPM
BLUETOOTH Bluetooth Module, 2.1+ Enhanced Data Rate
MOBILE BROADBAND No Internal WWAN Antenna Installed
POWER PROTECTION & ADAPTERS Belkin 7-Outlet Surge Suppressor
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz (3MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

or
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220602&cm_re=Intel%ufffd_Core%u21222_Duo_SU7300-_-34-220-602-_-Product

Model
Brand ASUS
Series UL80 Series
Model UL80Vt-A1
General
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3G
Screen 14"
Memory Size 4GB DDR3
Hard Disk 320GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce G210M + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA)
Dimensions 13.5" x 9.6" x 1.1"
Weight 4.8 lbs.
CPU
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU Speed SU7300(1.30GHz)
Chipset
Chipset Intel GS45
Display
Screen Size 14"
Wide Screen Support Yes
Resolution 1366 x 768
LCD Features LED backlight
Operating Systems
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium
Graphics
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce G210M + Intel GMA 4500MHD
Video Memory NVIDIA GeForce G210M 512MB DDR3 VRAM + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA)
Hard Drive
HDD 320GB
HDD RPM 5400rpm
Memory
Memory 4GB
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD Super Multi
Optical Drive Interface Integrated
Communications
LAN 10/100/1000Mbps
WLAN 802.11b/g/n
Ports
USB 3
Video Port 1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI
Audio Ports Yes
Audio
Audio Integrated Sound card
Speaker Internal Speakers
Input Device
Touchpad Yes
Keyboard Standard
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader: MMC, MS, MS-Pro, SD, xD
Webcam 0.3MP
Power
Battery 8-cell lithium ion
Physical spec
Dimensions 13.5" x 9.6" x 1.1"

I love asus's products I have 2 asus monitors and 1 gpu so I love their products, i've never owned anything Alienware ever so I wouldn't know.

I like how the Alienware has a better gpu, and it's a bit smaller.

If you had the chance to pick one or the other which would you choose?
(I've built over 4 gaming rigs so I'm no newb to the Custom machine building and the PC world, but this would be my first "gaming" laptop."

my budget is strictly strictly $1000, not including tax.

 

[buwish]

For gaming, I'd shoot for the Alienware, as it has a better GPU and it will last you longer in regard to future games. If you want to compare performance of GPUs, check out notebookcheck.net

 

[lotri]

I think the Alienware is focused on gaming with the benefit of portability (small size), whereas the Asus is built to be portable (long battery life + small size) with the ability to game.