DELL 17.0" Intel Core i7-740QM 6GB Memory DDR3 1333 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Alienware M17x R2

Pros: Amazing Specs, Beautiful Design, Solid construction, Great performance
-900p
to be hoenst i had 1920x1200 on my gateway. not a biggie in my opinion. you might lose a litte productivity space but not a concern. if anything at a native resolution of 1440x900 you will be able to play the most demanding games 2-3 years from now at native resolution so it wont look bad at all

Cons: -needed tech support

Overall Review: So i was hesitant to buy this product at first. I usually dont buy refurbished. But i bought an asus netbook refurb from newegg and it works perfectly. so i figured id take the plunge even though it had a two star rating at the time i bought it. also the two year warranty is too cheap not to buy so i figured id have some type of guarantee.
i recieved my laptop and it wouldnt boot with the battery in. had to take battery out to boot. long story short they gave me wrong power adapter. alienware service was pretty solid responsive courteous and had an idea of what was going on. got my new power brick everythign is working great. just did my first stress test. also not a scratch anywhere on the machine.
final thoguhts makes sure you update the bios, vbios, ati driver and the osd from dell site. if you can do all this you will have one slick, stable machine. this is imperative

Pros: The lighting effects are great which is the only reason I gave this 2 eggs instead of 1. Mx17 R2 laptop is great when it's working, which is rare, sadly.

Cons: Got this laptop about a week to 2 weeks ago and all I've had are issues. I keep getting a Bcc9c and Bcc101 error, which has to do with faulty hardware (that always great news to get when spending this kind of money!). This laptop does not like being unplugged it will again lock up into blue screen with Bcc9c error or just freeze at the boot screen. After the first initial start and boot up of Windows, it boots up slow.

Overall Review: I'm normally reluctant in buying recertified items, for this reason. I'll know better next time to just listen to my instinct and not buy recertified.

On a side note another annoying thing, I've tried registering this on the dell website like the little paper they added tells me to do and it keeps telling me "we are having issues finding this service tag." Oh and I get the same response when I call!!! Even when I tell the tech support rep the website is having trouble recognizing my service tag.

This experience is making me rethink whether or not I should EVER by another Alienware or Dell product again.

Thanks for the terrible experience Dell!