Pros: I got exactly what I was expecting. The best gaming laptop for the money that I could find after spending 2 months researching laptops. After tweaking the bios to turn upt he system volume to the maximum I have no complaints about system volume coming from a laptop. I have been playing Witcher at mid to high settings without any kind of a hickup.

Cons: None that really surprised me. I knew that buying a gaming laptop that the battery life wouldn't be good. There isn't a gaming laptop worth the name that has a good battery life. The top is a fingerprint magnet as others have noticec, but once again no biggy. Would have been nice if they hadn't shipped with the volume turned down by default in the bios.

Overall Review: I got exactly what I expected to get. Under load it gets pretty hot coming out the exhaust vent, but the rest of the case feels fine and that means its doing its job. I think the 9800GS is currently the fastest video card that manufactures put in a 15" laptop due to heat constraints. I couldn't find any other brand of laptops that offer this many features for the price. I have no regrets. Aside from those that received obviously flawed systems, make sure you understand what you are ordering when you buy a computer. Complaining that a gaming laptop doesn't have good battery life or comparing it to a desktop system doesn't make a lot of sense.