i'm pretty much with bunnyfubbles. been looking for a laptop, can't find one i like.
sager, eurocom, and prostar all apear to offer laptops from the same OEM. on the outside at least, they are all almost identical. that said, i played with eurocom's current 17" in the store and thought it was very nice. and big.
eurocom has a "future models"
page, in which they list a 17" with a 128 MB radeon 9600 available october 9th. probably won't even be all that expensive, given their current pricing. maybe 1,600~1,700 tops. and it'll likely be available from sager and prostar as well.
so that's great if you are into those big suckers. myself, i can't understand why i can find all of these wonderful, compact, drool-worthy sub 4 lb. notebooks that have everything i could possibly want, except a decent GPU.
given that you are buying a complete system that is essentially un-upgradeable, and that even the best mobile GPU's are middle-of-the-road, this seems the one instance where buying top of the line is the way to go, price/performance wise (GPU only - you don't need a laptop with a 3 GHz proc. it makes me all the more angry that i could actually get a uselessly fast processor if i wanted to).
at 5.5 lbs, that crazy expensive thing from voodoopc is the lightest laptop i've seen with a rad 9600/geforce 5600. and even it only has 64 megs video memory. does anyone know if they buy from an OEM? and, if so, is there anyone else that sells the same thing? a little cheaper maybe?