Yep I have actually a 5 years old Toshiba but I hate it (battery and slow downs), if I have to buy a new laptop it will be either Asus,Lenovo or MSI.
Too bad Sony stopped Vaio, it was the most premium and good looking laptops
Neither.
Y50: Heard that it has a bad screen and color optimization (even with the new IPS model), which is a real negative for an architect.
Qosmio: .... Stay away from those.

Like Brownies said, get something from Xoticpc.com, cheaper and more variety of well trusted laptop brand. Recently I ordered an MSI GE62 from them, and it cost me about 1200$ including shipping+taxes, with specs similar/better than the y50.
vegetaleb wroteToo bad Sony stopped Vaio, it was the most premium and good looking laptops
YES! VAIOs were such high quality laptops (but also very expensive). I have a Vaio that came with WIN98 in 2000. It still turns works fine and I play old school games on it <3
MrClass wroteGet MSI or Asus; nothing else. Even Razer and Alienware are crap.

Check this list: https://www.ple.com.au/FeatureCategory.aspx?CategoryId=421
I unfortunately do not agree with you. Razer does make some pretty quality Laptops. And Alienware is known for their classy and quality design but come with a hefty price tag. I'm assuming that you have experience with both... ?
Brownies wrote
vegetaleb wroteToo bad Sony stopped Vaio, it was the most premium and good looking laptops
YES! VAIOs were such high quality laptops (but also very expensive). I have a Vaio that came with WIN98 in 2000. It still turns works fine and I play old school games on it <3
MrClass wroteGet MSI or Asus; nothing else. Even Razer and Alienware are crap.

Check this list: https://www.ple.com.au/FeatureCategory.aspx?CategoryId=421
I unfortunately do not agree with you. Razor does make some pretty quality Laptops. And Alienware is known for their classy and quality design but come with a hefty price tag. I'm assuming that you have experience with both... ?
Razer notebooks are overpriced, nobody should pay $2200 for a 970M and a 128GB SSD no matter how good the screen is. As for Alienware, they have shitty cooling and tend to overheat a lot, stay away unless your room is air-conditioned.
Brownies wrote
I unfortunately do not agree with you. Razor does make some pretty quality Laptops. And Alienware is known for their classy and quality design but come with a hefty price tag. I'm assuming that you have experience with both... ?
Yes I have experienced both. Build quality is crap. Support is crap. Poorly designed and focuses on the looks rather than the needed performance. For this cost the laptop better be working properly; but no. Alienware has a history of their laptops BSODing all the time. Razer can't be serious with their plasticy laptop feel.

Not saying MSI and Asus are better, but they suck less.

A true gaming laptop manufacturer delivers reliable laptops to its customers; VoodooPC why did you go to HP? Just why?
Die_Kapitan wroteRazer notebooks are overpriced, nobody should pay $2200 for a 970M and a 128GB SSD no matter how good the screen is. As for Alienware, they have shitty cooling and tend to overheat a lot, stay away unless your room is air-conditioned.
I did admit in a previous post, in this thread, that Razers are overpriced.
As for the Alienware, I'm about to order another one very soon. They have louder fans than their competitors but don't necessarily overheat. What's the model you were experiencing the overheating with?
MrClass wroteYes I have experienced both. Build quality is crap. Support is crap. Poorly designed and focuses on the looks rather than the needed performance. For this cost the laptop better be working properly; but no. Alienware has a history of their laptops BSODing all the time. Razer can't be serious with their plasticy laptop feel.

Not saying MSI and Asus are better, but they suck less.

A true gaming laptop manufacturer delivers reliable laptops to its customers; VoodooPC why did you go to HP? Just why?
Weird... I've never experienced BSoD on my Alienware. And the Alienware tech support is pretty amazing actually. Their respond rate is pretty quick, and they won't hesitate to guide you step-by-step.
As for the Razer, the new models come with an aluminum back (as I've read). I don't know about the old ones.
I'm not an Alienware or Razer fanboy or anything. If MSI comes out with a better and cheaper laptop, I'd get it in a heart beat.
I'm just giving out facts. Anyways, the list I provided above is still a good list, with all of it's models. And I still recommend that you start looking at www.xoticpc.com for what suits you, for your budget.

PS: I was looking through the MSI laptops and prices (the heavy duty ones), and they're pretty expensive... At least on Amazon. Why did I look through Amazon? Because MSI doesn't provide you with prices, as all their laptops are sold with retailers / distributors.

PSS: I'm quite surprised, yet somewhat please, that no one said "Macbook" yet.
I am a notebook TCE ( Toshiba certified engineer ) and I F**king hate Toshiba laptops ..
try an acer or a dell ... Lenovo is not bad as well .. anything with a new cpu , fast SSD and big chunky ram should be ok ..
Stygmata wroteI am a notebook TCE ( Toshiba certified engineer ) and I F**king hate Toshiba laptops ..
try an acer or a dell ... Lenovo is not bad as well .. anything with a new cpu , fast SSD and big chunky ram should be ok ..
Made my day.
I use the Acer Aspire Vnitro black edition ..17 inch ..i7 , gtx 960M , M2 ssd with another sata 2.5 disk ...backlit keyboard ..it boots in 3 seconds with windows 10 .. I used the CPU and the GPU to brute force some passwords and it was flawless .. .. the only con is a mediocre battery life and maybe the weight ( around 2.5 kg )
state your budget ..I am sure there is something that suits you
I like the customizability of XoticPC Force laptops. Decent prices too. Do they ship outside USA?
9 days later
He ended up buying an MSI from xoticpc.com and he's loving it! Thanks a ton for all the suggestions.