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Hey OCN, it's about that time for me to pick up a laptop for college. Before you read the list below I don't want to hear anything about just buying a cheaper laptop and upgrading my desktop. My desktop is fine (775 ftw
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What is your maximum budget? $1300 max, $1200 preferably.
What country are you in? USA
What will be the uses of this laptop? School work (Astronautical Engineering Major), Gaming on the side (demanding stuff, such as WoW, Crysis 2, BC3, Skyrim, etc)
Do you have brand loyalty or care which brands we select for you? Open to anything
What screen size do you require? 17" preferably
What screen resolution do you require? 1600x900 minimum, 1920x1080 would be cherry
Are you looking to buy NEW or would refurbished/recertified/used be okay? New preferably
How long should the battery last? (Under optimal conditions, no movies/games/heavy internet) Don't care
What games would you like to play with your laptop? And on what settings? Maxed out. Crysis 2, BC3, Skyrim, WoW
What operating system do you need? (if any) Win7 64 bit
Is there a certain style of laptop you want? (aluminum, black, gaming, etc.) Gaming?
How much hard drive space do you need? 500gb minimum
Do you need any special hardware? (blue ray, webcam, specialty ports, etc.) 1 USB 3.0 would be nice.
Is there anything else we need to know? Nope.
I was looking at the Asus G74SX-BBK7, Seemed like the best bang for the buck. The only downside was the resolution. The 1tb (2x500GB 7200 RPM, Probably RAID capable) is nice
Any input? I'm open to any suggestions.
Thanks for any help/input.

What is your maximum budget? $1300 max, $1200 preferably.
What country are you in? USA
What will be the uses of this laptop? School work (Astronautical Engineering Major), Gaming on the side (demanding stuff, such as WoW, Crysis 2, BC3, Skyrim, etc)
Do you have brand loyalty or care which brands we select for you? Open to anything
What screen size do you require? 17" preferably
What screen resolution do you require? 1600x900 minimum, 1920x1080 would be cherry
Are you looking to buy NEW or would refurbished/recertified/used be okay? New preferably
How long should the battery last? (Under optimal conditions, no movies/games/heavy internet) Don't care
What games would you like to play with your laptop? And on what settings? Maxed out. Crysis 2, BC3, Skyrim, WoW
What operating system do you need? (if any) Win7 64 bit
Is there a certain style of laptop you want? (aluminum, black, gaming, etc.) Gaming?
How much hard drive space do you need? 500gb minimum
Do you need any special hardware? (blue ray, webcam, specialty ports, etc.) 1 USB 3.0 would be nice.
Is there anything else we need to know? Nope.
I was looking at the Asus G74SX-BBK7, Seemed like the best bang for the buck. The only downside was the resolution. The 1tb (2x500GB 7200 RPM, Probably RAID capable) is nice

Thanks for any help/input.