need laptop suggestions

[skiddy123]

well i gave my desktop to my brother because i have no room for it and need something portable for college anyway.
right now im using my girlfriends old computer, a dell inspiron b130 but it's not nearly cutting it, and the sound doesn't work (i think the motherboard cracked, she was rough with it)
she bought a macbook which is nice but i really prefer a pc.

my budget is roughly 1k to 1.5k as an absolute max

i need it for casual gaming, movies, music, basic college stuff. and i also need to keep it for 4 years so i'll need top of the line for my budget. i want a 15 - 16 in. screen also

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8906133&type=product&id=1213046768588

was looking at this, seems good for the price if anybody could give me feedback on it or suggestions for other labtops i'd greatly appreciate the help

 

[Kevoh]

first of all how do you crack the mobo no a laptop?
anyway i wana help not mock you.
As far as laptops go I love Toshibas and I would recommend
them to anyone, first of all I think they have the best speakers since you want to game on it. As far as technicality, they're fast and reliable.
Plus they last long, I have an old Techra M1 that I poured beer on, other than two sticky keys, it runs srong and well despite it's age previous owner and abuse that I put on it myself. I got another Toshiba satelite that I protect with my life. I've used acer, and dells but I think Toshiba is better.
For that price you should get a really good one too, I don't know whether it will be good enough to game, I would rather build a gaming pc, because gaming laptops are too expensive.
But anyway look around, check out Toshibadirect.com they should be having some offers right now.

 

[scooter]

HP, Toshiba, Dell, Sony all have excellent machines in a variety of configurations at 999.99 or less.

Check bestbuy, Futureshop, curcuit city..etc

Especially with back-to-school sales going on now!