>>Looking for recommendations for a new laptop.
>>
>>Requirements:
>>
>>* Would like a Dell
>>* Will be using it for development
>>* Windows 7
>>* Wouldn't mind gaming on it (GASP!! Gaming on a dev machine!!)
>>* Docking station
>>* Dual monitor support
>>* I don't EVER wanna run out of memory or HD space.
>
>I have a Dell that still works but only on AC and I have to be Deli (crazy in Turkish) to buy another. Its battery died w/o not even being used for its normal recharge cycles. It doesn't recognize its own original adapter (what ever that message means at startup). OTOH I have yet to see a notebook that I would find satisfactory to use for development. My first notebook was a Toshiba for example and I wouldn't buy a Toshiba again. Any notebook you buy today would have a life cycle of 3 or maybe 4 years and "I don't EVER wanna run out of memory or HD space." is a dream. You always do. Just for fun I personalized a Dell XPS Studio 16 with i7 quad 2.73, 8Gb, 256Gb Solid State Disk and its price topped to 2379$ in US. Instead I would buy a much better performing Opteron based server, install Hyper-V Windows 2008 Server R2 on it for free, then install one or more virtual machines (license matters) and then buy a cheap notebook maybe to connect it on the go (and really did something similar, working on it from anywhere I have internet access).
>Anyway I know at the end you would go and buy a notebook and throw it away after 3-5 years:) The max price limit should be your starting point IMHO.
>PS: You are still lucky notebooks are much cheaper there:)
>Cetin

I agree about Dell, I have had two, but I will NEVER buy another laptop from them. However, I don't agree about Toshiba. My current laptop is a Toshiba Satellite X200-20T, and it's almost perfect.