Is it wise to spend 2000$ now for a powerful laptop or wait?

I'm no smart PC guy but it probably isn't worth buying a pricey laptop at all.. would be better with a pricey rig. (and maybe a cheap laptop?)

For studying? Hell no,get something different. The extra money can be used for GIVEAWAYS!

Buy a 500$ dell laptop and spend 1500$ in a pc that will be 3 times more powerful then a 2000$ laptop

There is nothing that you can buy that is going to guarantee you its going to last for 1-5 years. Technology changes too fast :X
Edit: But i do own a asus g74, and i love it :D.

Immediately after CES? Probably not the best idea.

17.3" is way too large to be lugging around between classes imo. I would get a smaller and cheaper laptop. I assume you're not using it for gaming anyways, considering you said you have a gaming desktop already.

$2000, Probably not, I guess, even though it's for studies, what are you studying? That can make the impact on whether or not it's worth the price tag, though, I would think anything from $500-$1000 would do just fine, including the 5 year mark.

I don't think there will be something that's better than that in the next time available, buy it when you.

$2000 is very much for a university laptop.

BTW do you know about the Razer Edge?

No go get a desktop now,laptops are cancer.

if i just had the money , sigh sigh

Get a desktop for home. You don't need anything powerful at school, and you don't need teachers accusing you of gaming instead of just typing. For 2000 you can make a desktop able to run anything and everything at max settings. On a laptop, that cash won't go half that far. You can get an excellent study laptop for under 200 used. Heck, you could even go Netbook if it's just for studies.

There should be new Intel processors, Haswell series if I'm not mistaken, coming somewhen between Q1 and Q2 this year. From what I have read, they will have better power managment, so it might be worth the wait. New GPU's won't come for a while now, since n6 and a7 generations were published just last year.

Still, if you don't need a mobile gaming machine, I would suggest you to get just some office laptop and buy a solid desktop (for around 1000 bucks you will get a desktop that will last for 4-5 years, but if you would want same power hidden in laptop, you may even go over the 2000).

is there any new tech/processors/gpu announced in 6 months time

See Moore's Law of computing

Basically, the number of transistors on a 1-inch diameter of silicon doubles every 18-24 number of months.

This has stayed pretty consistent for a long time. There's always going to be newer/better/faster CPUs and GPUs coming out all the time. That's why everything gets outdated so quickly. It applies very similarly to HDD capacity as well.

Laptops aren't in the same pricing WORLD as desktops. Have a desktop for gaming and a notebook for education.

As jatan has said a 17.3" laptop is not the most optimal thing to be carrying around campus.

I suggest a 15.6" or smaller laptop that you can plug into a seperate larger monitor whilst using a wireless keyboard and mouse. (This is assuming you won't be bringing your gaming desktop with you to Uni)

Besides being lighter, having two screens when coding or doing artwork comes in real handy.

If you are living away from home and don't mind either not gaming over the holidays or carting a desktop + monitor + keyboard + mouse home each holiday then get a desktop and something cheaper for studying... Chromebook / tablet / netbook, provided you don't need to run any specialist high-performance programs for your studying.

EDIT: Herp-a-derp. You've got a gaming desktop. Cut out the buy a gaming desktop part and ask yourself will you be able to get it to/from your accomodation if you want to play whilst at uni. If no, get something powerful, that one you suggested is a good build... But I'd recommend getting a cooling stand for it. The case looks very similar to mine and that gets warm (very) warm if I don't use a cooling stand and play games.

Never spend $2000 on a laptop unless you poop gold or your job would benefit from it. You'd be much wiser to buy a $500 laptop and a $1000 PC + $500 professional gaming peripherals.

"Is it wise to spend 2000$ now for a powerful laptop or wait?"

I would say its never wise to spend that much for a laptop, esp. for studying.

Even 2000$ for a desktop is pretty overkill.

1000$ for a desktop and you have a high-end pc that can play all current games on max settings in full hd.

Don't you feel guilty in the slightest that you are essentially stealing from someone or some organization? Just because you can get an expensive laptop does not mean you should. If I where you, I would be a laptop slightly above the recommended specs your university has given (if they have given some at all) and let the parents/organization/group/person/whatever do something else with the money, something useful. And if you know the fund giver personally, maybe you can get something else out of it. I rather have a laptop twice in 5 years, for in 2 and a half years, you can have a laptop that is way better then any laptop now, and still pay less in the long run. I mean, if people just stopped paying the maximum in these instances, any organization would have way more money. Besides, for studies a 1000$ laptop would last beyond those 5 years, so why buy a more expensive one? Every dollar you add is getting less extra specs.

Well, I got a G55VW recently and I have to say it's running everything smoothly so far. As far as I know the G75 series is slightly stronger. As far as games go that should keep you playing all games for at least a few years(not necessarily on max settings, but that's not really that important).
I have to warn you though, these stuff are HEAVY. I'd guess the 17" one is probably even heavier than mine. Not exactly something that can be carried with one arm around classes. :P

If you want to get the best out of it, get yourself a cheap I3 notebook with a 15" screen, a nice bulky 1/2tb drive (or an SSD if you prefer speed) and spend the rest on a gaming desktop, gaming laptops are a waste if you ask me.

Rather than telling you you should buy a desktop, I will answer the question directly as to what you state your needs are. Personally if I was looking for something for University, I would want something small with as much muscle as possible. Any computer you buy will last 5 years (not counting hardware failures), it just may not be as fast running programs, and realistically its games that push the hardware. My recommendation would be: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX43559

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/notebook/

If someone else is buying it, then go for it. But if you want to be a bit more respectful of their cash, you don't need top of the line for studying and school work. You'll want something good for projects, but it won't have to be high end.

In terms of laptops for university, you should make portability your top priority with enough muscle to perhaps run the simplest of games. You're not going to be playing Crysis in class I hope. Though I have seen someone play a FPS in class... don't think he learned a single thing that day...