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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 976537" data-attributes="member: 8704">Some good information and links in this thread on gaming laptops:<a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53570" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53570</a>A important thing to remember, research, research, research. I have heard terrible things about Gateways and some very good things about HP's and owned a Compaq laptop before myself (no problems at all). Dad has a IBM and he loves it but it is definatly a buisness only laptop. There are sucess stories and horror stories about every manufacturer out there. Before you buy look into the reputation of the company and the model of the laptop you are getting. Many companies that sell laptops don't actually make the laptops they order them from companies overseas, so there can be problems with certain models of laptops that are not indicated by how good the company selling them is. Some good research material can be found here: <a href="http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/index.html" target="_blank">http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/index.html</a>You can get a laptop at the level you are wanting for under $1000, <a href="http://www.pricewatch.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pricewatch.com/</a> but if you want it for 4 years you might want to go state of the art (you can't really upgrade laptops that much). I got a P4 2.8 gig laptop for less than $1600 but it was a unbranded model: <a href="http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=G732-K" target="_blank">http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=G732-K</a> (Computer Geeks has great deals sometimes) A good place to window shop is Tiger Direct (they have a large selection so you can get a better idea how far your money will go): <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?id=17" target="_blank">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?id=17</a>  Best Buy is also a good website to use to compare laptops: <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat01002&type=category" target="_blank">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat01002&type=category</a></blockquote>

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