alienware FTW!!! Good to hear you got such a sweet laptop. I just got the m17x from the same year. I threw in an SSD for the system and a hybrid for the 2nd drive. You're lucky though -- the m18x is the only one which "officially" supports sata 3 speeds even though we have the same chipset. Either way it's fast as hell, and I get smoother gameplay out of it than my desktop. Sick news, and I'm glad for ya!