I bought my son an Alienware 14 last summer for college. He's majoring in CS Game Design. He's been very happy with how it runs Maya 2014. It was around $1700 after tax and shipping. Here are the specs:
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210-AAOY
Alienware 14 : Standard Base
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370-AANF
8GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x4GB)
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580-ABDP
English Keyboard
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490-BBFM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5
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658-BBMF
WLAN Killer 1202 Driver
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400-AARL
750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
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619-ACMQ
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, English
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429-AACW
Optical Drive : Slot-Loading 8x SuperMulti Drive (DVD/R/RW)
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555-BBET
Killer NIC 1202 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0
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470-AAKE
US 110V Power Cord
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340-ABEU
Documentation, English
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995-5423
Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
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995-5443
In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis, Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year
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421-1723
Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
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950-3337
1 Year Limited Warranty
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950-9797
No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
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954-1680
Premium Phone Support, Initial Year
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951-6400
Accidental Damage Service, 1 Year
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421-1719
Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement for Alienware
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640-BBLF
Software Alienware Command Center 3.0
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658-BBMG
Resource DVD
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340-ACXY
Placemat (English)
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332-1530
Dell.com Order
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451-BBBZ
Battery : Primary 6-cell 69W/HR
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461-2689
$200 Dell Promo Gift Card - Arrives in 10-20 days, carries a 90 Day Exp. Terms at Dell.com/giftcard
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338-BCDP
4th Generation Intel Core i7-4700MQ Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
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320-BBCS
Alienware 14 Silver Anodized Aluminum
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328-BBDH
Shipping Material
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730-5382
Fixed Hardware Configuration
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340-ACQQ
No Option Included
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389-BCCZ
Windows 7 Label
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391-BBDK
Display : 14.0 inch (355.6 mm) WLED HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare Display
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630-AAAU
Software: Microsoft Office 2013 Trial
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658-BBNX
Additional Software
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461-AAAN
McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription
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450-AAGT
Power Supply : Alienware 150W AC Adapter
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600-0276
State Environmental Fee for display less than 15 inches