Hardware Intel Core i7 Mobile 720QM Benchmarked

I really don't care that much about battery life since most work I do on my pc are power hungry programs. Whatever battery life I get will be a bonus.

 

Chipset or processor, it's still governed by the memory controller as to how much it can handle. Intel is a more reliable source for the limit, but you never know if they something odd somewehere on the board to lower that number.

The number of slots is actually not very relevant in how much memory the system can address. Eventually larger sticks will come out.

Notebook manufacturers tend to play it safe.

 

No, its £1349 and is aleast 25% more powerful.