Well thanks to all your input, AW now has my hard earned cash! Dell, Sony, and Toshiba lost out in the race to win me over. It came down to the Sony S series or the Sentia, and I'm happy to say that I'll be an Alienware owner very soon. I'm officially in Phase 1 now which is a long way from where I was when I first found this forum. Now the waiting game begins.....hopefully not as long as some of you have waited for yours! Thanks for the reviews, advice, good humor, and honesty! Ok, here's what I ended up getting....
[1] Sentia™
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Case: Alienware Exclusive Sentia Case - Saucer Silver
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 735 1.7GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Network Connection
Memory: 1GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x512 SO-DIMMs
Hard Drive: Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
Smart Bay One: 24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
Mobile Transport : Alienware® Premium Backpack
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad (a $14.95 value)
[1] Sentia™
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Case: Alienware Exclusive Sentia Case - Saucer Silver
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 735 1.7GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Network Connection
Memory: 1GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x512 SO-DIMMs
Hard Drive: Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
Smart Bay One: 24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
Mobile Transport : Alienware® Premium Backpack
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad (a $14.95 value)
