Looking for a laptop

Does this look like a good price for this?

$2,879.00

* 17" 1920x1200 Glossy Full HD Display
* Intel Core i7 920 Quad (2.66GHz, 8MB)
* 6GB DDR3 1066MHz (3x 2GB)
* nVidia GTX 280M DDR3 (1GB)
* 500GB 7200RPM (16MB cache)
* 500GB 7200RPM (16MB cache)
* No Third Hard Drive
* RAID 0 - Performance
* Integrated Audio
* Windows Vista Home Premium + Windows 7

I'm looking for a decent laptop, and haven't found anything too promising.

Alienware looks good but over priced, and the g71gx has a terrible quad-core processor, which I'd rather have a higher clock speed on a duo core.

It looks like I can't find anything where I want, its too cheap or too expensive. If I could find something that was twice as much as the g71gx and twice as good that would be awesome.

I'm going to be using this for gaming and college. And please no comments about how you don't like a gaming laptop. I don't mind lugging something around, and I don't plan to use it in my lap too often or at all. I want this to be something I can pick up and move from desk to desk without any problems.

This just if you need it.

1_What is your budget? It can vary, $2,000 is the general area, it can be more or less. I'd rather see the best deal even if it is a bit out of the budget.

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Definitely want a 17" screen, otherwise size doesn't matter.

3_What screen resolution do you want? 1440x900 or more

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Desktop replacement

5_How much battery life do you need? n/a

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? I want it to play all the games now, and for the next year or two if possible.

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.) n/a

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? 640GB - 1TB

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them. No specific ones

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? 4 years at the very least

11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD combo writer

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

I don't like VAIO my mother has one and it isn't very good with stuff working. I'd like something that was HP/dell or the standard companies like that becuase I don't trust them and they don't generally use good stuff.

13_What country do you live in?
United States

14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.

I don't need something I can carry around, I need something that is powerful, but I can carry from desk to desk. Which is easier than carrying a case and monitor.