I am looking to buy a loptop for gaming at around 1500... what specs are important and or what kind should i get (i dont know a lot about computers i just like to game)
Don't get a Dell! They have a recall going on now due to some problem. Sony is good brand but high on price. Toshiba gets some favor. Unfortunately these common brands come with 256mb or 512mb of memory as a rule. To look at some custom gaming notebooks with Intel cpus, http://www.vigorgaming.com/product/notebook.html
Since you will be doing gaming, I would storungly suggest you getting at least 1GB of ram with the new intel dual core processor and also a good video care like the Nvidia 7600GT with also an 80GB hard drive. You can get this and more at http://www.ibuypower.com/mall/lobby.htm the notebook that has these specs and more is $1435 but there is also more of them for a cheaper price. And another good video card is the ATI Radeon X1600.