Questions about NP8150

I need to purchase a new notebook. I had a dell XPS m1730, and I had to set it on the edges of dvd cases to improve airflow, otherwise it would overheat and shut itself off. I want to know about the longterm reliability of the NP8150, and if it stays cool, (I have looked at Xtoic pc, malibal, and power notebooks, and I see the thermal past upgrade, and if it works I am more than happy to pay for it). I am also worred about the "no dead pixel warranty". This scares me, because it implies that I have to pay to ensure something is what it is supposed to be to begin with.

I am occassional gamer, and I want to ensure that I can run Skyrrim and the newest heroes of might and magic when they both come out, and I use ARCGIS for school, which graphics card is right for me?

Lastly, do sager/clevo resellers have laptops that lack a lot of the bloatware of the big sellers? My wife has got a new HP Pavillion laptop and the entire desktop seems to be bloatware.

 

Bloatware, there is none. It is a fresh install. I know what you mean about bloatware being bad though, I've been cleaning up my sister's new HP for college. Dang!

Personally I say it isn't worth it to spend $40 for a thermal paste change. You can buy your own thermal paste for $10 or less and apply it. I did that when my Xbox 360 kept giving me 2 red rings (overheating). I have plenty left over too. Did it to my laptop and my dad's and still have remaining paste. It supposedly only helps a couple of degrees. I don't see that as a big deal. But that might be because I was the idiot with a 3 year old laptop that had a 50*C GPU idle and now a 34*C GPU at idle (albeit I also removed dust and thermal nasty 3 year old pads not paste from the GPU).

 

No bloatware- Good, bloat eats up too much hard drive space and has too many background processes, I also see I get the back up cd's with resellers, and I don't with dell.

The thermal paste job is a 40 dollar upgrade. I would rather pay an extra 30 dollars to have someone that does it for a living apply the paste. I may just be a little obsessive about heat because of my bad experience with dell.

Also, what are the differences between the standard, the matte, and the glossy screen?

 

There are soooo many threads about standard vs. matte upgrade vs. glossy screen upgrade. The standard is a a glossy screen and the upgrade esentially makes your colors deeper and more vibrant. Matte upgrade is obviously antiglare with less rich colors while the glossy upgrade has a richer, deeper color with much more glare.

As for the thermal paste, it doesn't take a professional to do it, you squeeze it off a tube...but that is your choice if you don't think you can figure it out.