dell xps2 or sager 9880 with 6800ultra. xps2 has a pentium-m cpu which'll give you better battery life, but the 9880 has a p4 (better mulitmedia performace, but less battery life), and has dual-hd capacity with raid1/0. both will run you around $3000 for a nicely-equipped system. the dell may be less depending on the coupon you use. if you decide to buy the 9880 buy from www.pctorque.com