Need help finding a laptop

[daviselk]

So, like the title says i need help finding a laptop suitable for what i want it for. I am in the marines and am in afghanistan and dont have much time to be online, and the lines are so slow that i dont really have access so surf around looking for what i want. So if anyone knows of some good deal or anything the help would be appreciated.

I am looking for a gaming laptop that i will be able to play WoW, music, get on FB and surf around the net at the same time with no probs. I have not had a new comp in years, and the last one i had was a desktop i built.

Things i am looking for in it are;

-be able to have it for years and still be able to play new high-demand games
-around 1500$, give or take a few hundred

when i get back to the states it is going to but hooked up to my 24" westinghouse monitor, and am going to use a diff. mouse ad keyboard so the screen, mouse, and keyboard are not big things i will be loooking for. Also i am going order an external HD and keep everything on it, so the HD does not have to be very big.

Usually i would enojy looking around for this kinda stuff, but i dont really have the time here, and i want to have it before i get home... possibly have it sent to my FPO here along with a few games to keep me busey. So if anybody has some suggestions or know of good online deals, please help me out.

-Daviselk

[michbich]

I bought a m50vm from asus. Have no complains and absolutly love it. I run every game at high. Nothing lags. I have COD4, unreal 3, dead space, devil may cry 4, fallout 3 and splinter cell3 on my laptop right now.

Paid 1250CND$ at the end of the summer. Close friends own a computer so i got a great deal.

I had an acer for 2 years and crashed every other day. I will never go back to that. ASUS ftw!

ASUS M50Vm-B1 Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53GHz) Processor, 15.4" WXGA+ (1440x900) Display, 4GB DDR2 Memory, 320GB Hard Drive, DVD Super Multi Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS 1GB (1024MB) Graphics Card, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Edit:

Might as well put in a link:

http://www.excaliberpc.com/587807/asus-m50vm-b1-15.4-notebook.html

[skife]

your not looking for a laptop then, your looking for a "desktop replacement"

[bornl33t]

I was going to say anything you buy this year will not play high demand games next year.

I would looking into best buy. They have a great warrenty program that will even clean out your laptop when you bring it back full of sand.

Lots of the military guys I know like this warrenty.

[Me�iCX]

I just picked up this at Office Max on sale for $699. Has ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics and BluRay player.

[skife]

also, if you feel that money is no object, check out the panasonic toughbook.

nevermind, they don't make one for gaming

it would probably cost upwards for $7k anyways

[edweird]

not the same direction your going... but I am going the netbook route here soon. As the primary function I want out of a lappy is internet access on the go and file mobility.

So I am waiting, very impatiently mind you, for the ASUS T101 tablet to get out.