Phew glad I got mine just 15 days ago, a sweet 3400 bucks for the 5090. More on reddit.com

Yes! Get the Alienware Alienware 18 Area-51, it is probably one of the best gaming laptop so far if you go with the 5080 or 5090. Since thats in your budget then I would definitely go with an Alienware. Reading & Watching a lot of youtube reviewers say that it performs better than most of the other gaming laptop due to how good it keeps its temp low. The thermals inside is crazy good, so that means the laptop will last much longer... and you can keep on playing AAA games on high settings for the next 5 years. They are really expensive though so I do recommend only buying it when it goes on sale. Visit this thread about gaming laptop deals , updates quite often so you will see whats the best gaming laptop deals are available. More on reddit.com

Because they are very overpriced for similar if not worse performance than the Legion & ROG alternatives. Currently if I go on Dell's website and look for a M16 R2, for a 4070 configuration with a Ultra 9 185h and 16gb of ram + a 165hz 300-350 nits screen; it's going for 1699$, or 1529$ if you use their 10% code. Whereas instead of that you can get a Legion 5i Pro, or a Strix G16 with easily a 13900HX or a 14900HX + 4070 and with much better screens that go upto 500 nits + better color accuracy. [ https://a.co/d/1ay2cZC , one example; or the Legion 5 with the 8845HS + 4070 usually goes often on sale for around 1250$ ) That's also not factoring in the better thermals the 5i Pro, Strix G16 have, and also the software which is superior in my opinion - sure the build quality might be a little better but that's the only positive honestly. Though, Dell does give pretty good deals sometimes; when I was getting my laptop there was a Alienware X16 with a i7 13620h + 4070 going for around 1400$; which I'd say is a pretty good deal but soldered 16gb ram made me not get it and the weaker CPU. More on reddit.com

Ok, the standard keyboard is very good so don't need cherry. I wouldn't go under a 3070 personally. 1tb nvme would suffice I'm thinking. And for processor, either AMD or Intel, whichever is cheaper. I have the M15R4 with 10875H and it's great. More on reddit.com