[Kakkilop]

Uses

1. College - Computer science
2. Gaming

Any advice?

Thank you

 

[Jcyle]

Check out the Asus G73jh/jw series. New ones should be around that price point; and old ones are under $1000 depending on conditions.

 

[Raging Aura]

I found a few great values at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215114
An Acer Aspire with a 2630QM processor and nVidia GT540M (1 GB DDR3) graphics, all for 800 dollars.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246151
A lenovo laptop with the same processor, but with a GT555M (1GB GDDR5) , which is a bit better from what I hear. 950 dollars.

In my humble opinion, these laptops will get you the most bang for your buck. I am actually considering getting one of them for college too.

 

[Kakkilop]

What about the Sager NP5165 upgraded with i7-2630, 6 GB ram and 500GB

 

[Jcyle]

That is a nice choice too. Sager does make nice laptops.

 

[IgorDJ]

Im in the same boat but with a little more $$
i ended up going for the Mac Book AIR :S (Well went the 2011 comes out his month)
I was gonna get a m14x, but couldnt pull the trigger after owning a M11x
cant wait for the asus ux21, and want something relatively thin.

The new MBA come with sandy bridge, so ill be able to play SC2 on low-medium no problem, which means will be able to play D3 on low-medium.

Im in COMP SCI as well, and wanna start making apps for the iphone and andriod, and kinda cant program for the iphone without a mac.