purchasing gaming laptop

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I'm looking at purchasing a $3000 gaming laptop for extreme portable gaming. The laptop should be having a top-of-the line mobile graphics cards as I will be using it for heavy video editing and graphics animation. I already do have a desktop with a gtx 780 sli in my home but it simply isn't portable to be brought over to my workplace, which is exactly why I'm looking at a laptop for portability. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 

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No insult to Mazooni for the find.
For $2100, it needs to be able to do a domain join in addition to gaming. They cut corners putting a non-pro version of Windows on it, hoping to fool the casual user. If you're going to spend $2100, then just spend the additional $50 and stick Win7 Ultimate on there.
 

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Ok, that seems to be a viable option but it's still far off from my budget cap. I was looking at the alienware m18x earlier which comes with 770m SLI's and is a lot closer to my budget cap. Does anyone think it is a good buy for the money?
 

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Here you go:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-18/pd
I was looking at the middle one although I wouldn't mind spending the extra $200 for the last one if it came down to it.
 

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took a look at it, but the fact that the graphics are not up to the standard I am expecting killed it for me, but thanks for the suggestion though.
 

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the alienware m18x would be the best bet for your high budget since it is one of the few laptops that comes with an SLI cconfiguration. Do take a look at the sager laptops too as I believe there is one that comes with a 780 SLI
 

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Yeah, thanks for the reply. I have my eyes set on the m18x but the drawback that I am facing right now is that it seems to weigh more than 6kg. Are there any lighter options out there that would be satisfying my needs?