Laptop help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GhostxNote

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Hello everyone, I need some assistance. For the past 4 months, i have been trying to find a good, fast, stylish, portable laptop. I have taken 17" into consideration but would settle for something else if persuaded right. I have a couple choices and i would like it if you chose which one would be the best for my needs. I would like to play games like Fallout3/CSS/L4D/Crysis
and my budget is $1,000-$1,300. I will be using this for College as well and will need to pull it out during class to take notes.

Here are my choices.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152103

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Sager NP2096 Custom Laptop (Built on the Compal JHL90)
- 15.4" WSXGA+ "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1680x1050)
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- ~Intel® P8600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.40GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt
- nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB PCI-Express DDR2 DX10
- ~ 4,096MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory (Requires Vista 64-Bit to utilize Full 4GB)
- 4GB Intel® Robson Turbo Memory II
- Standard Finish
- ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
- ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache)
- Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
- Internal Bluetooth + EDR
- Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 5100 802.11 a/g/n
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Carrying Case Optional (Select if desired)
- Smart Li-ion Battery (9-Cell)
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- ~Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's

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Sony Vaio FW 16.4"

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650 with 512MB vRAM
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66GHz)
WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n) with integrated Bluetooth® technology
Blu-ray Disc™ Read Only Drive [Original Price $100.00]
Microsoft® Works
White
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit
4GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GBx2)
Video Standard
LCD 16.4" (XBRITE-FullHD™)
QuickBooks Simple Start
160GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm]

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220483

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HP HDX18t series 1299.99$
Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz)
Memory 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) - For 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics
Hard drive 320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Graphics card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - For DDR2 Memory
Display 18.4" diagonal High Definition HP Ultra BrightView Infinity Display (1920x1080p)
Primary DVD/CD drive Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer
Personalization Webcam + Fingerprint Reader with HP Imprint Finish (Fluid)
Networking Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
TV & entertainment experience No TV Tuner w/remote control
Keyboard HP Color Matching Keyboard
Primary battery 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Productivity software No Productivity Software

This will do what you want.
 
you might wanna check out Asus M50
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entertainment notebook – the ASUS M50 is Asustek’s latest 15.4 inch entertainment laptop. It has amazing features to make everyone happy with such as: Intel’s “Penryn” 45nm processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS video card.

ASUS M50 is offered as the Asus M50Sv-B1 and the Asus M50Sv-A1 models which feature the following specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU at 2.1GHz (B1) & HD DVD optical drive (B1)
T9300 at 2.5GHz (B1) & DVD burner (B1).

Both laptops come with:

•GeForce 9500M GS 512MB dedicated video card
•Dolby Home Theatre technology
•Altec Lansing stereo speakers
•3GB of RAM
•250GB hard drive
•ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 1GB graphics (M50Sa)
•HD3470 with 256MB of video memory (M50Sr).
•Blu-ray optical drive
•Built-in optional analog/digital TV tuner
Additional features:

•Integrated 802.11 a/g/n wireless module
•Bluetooth receiver
•Gigabit Ethernet
•56k modem connections
•Built-in 1.3-megapixel camera
•HDMI and VGA outputs,
•eSATA/USB combo port
•3 standard USB ports
•8-in-1 media card reader
•Firewire port
•Infrared port for remote controller.
•Fingerprint reader, accompanied by the Trusted Platform Module.
•Run on Windows Vista
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The ASUS M50 Series M50Sv-B1 and ASUS M50 Series M50Sv-A1 models are available through NewEgg and are priced at $1,499.99 each.
 
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5400RPM vs 7200RPM drives in a laptop will not make a huge battery usage difference, but it will make a difference. Besides the drive is easily upgradable.

If you are looking for a desktop replacement system you won't find huge battery life in most anyway. That said, the HP HDX18t is a nice laptop. I would second that one. For potability and better battery life, I would second the HP dv3515.

The 1GB of VRam in a laptop (especially on those 9650GTs) is wasted. There really isn't much of an advantage with those over a similar 512GB system. For gaming performance, the 9600m series isn't bad, but you would probably want to get something with a 9800m series or Radeon 4800 series chip. The Sager machine you have listed is a very nice unit. And, if you can find the Gateway 7805u at BestBuy still (the 7808u's sibling), it is a great deal for around $1100.
 
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