Suggest Me A Laptop

[Marspants]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... p?CatId=17

My lazy technique would be to look at the Top Sellers of Tiger Direct and read/compare prices at other places. I find the specs and pictures on this site give me the best idea if I'd like the laptop or not (And Youtube). I recommend ASUS, I got a referb from Tiger a year ago and it still runs like a top.

Edit: This is the one I got last year, but it's prob not near powerful enough that your looking for.

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... No=5250511

[CRTGAMER]

Netbook with Touchscreen and Keyboard
This way you can use the Laptop as a Tablet or keying in documents with Keyboard. I like both the PC and Mac, PC for burning discs and larger software library; the Mac for virtually no Spyware issues. Does Mac make a Netbook that has a touchscreen with keyboard?

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Netbook with Touchscreen and Keyboard
This way you can use the Laptop as a Tablet or keying in documents with Keyboard. I like both the PC and Mac, PC for burning discs and larger software library; the Mac for virtually no Spyware issues. Does Mac make a Netbook that has a touchscreen with keyboard?

Well, you can pair a bluetooth keyboard to the iPad. And the MacBook Air is nearly netbook size and has a fantastic trackpad (multitouch gestures are important in using OS X Lion), but not an actual touchscreen.

Ideally I'd have a MacBook Air and a nice home built gaming rig. I don't have the funds to do that right now unfortunately. Considering the OP is looking for a gaming laptop I don't think he's going to find much to like in Apple's product line or in any netbook.

[avrame]

Might I suggest my current baby?:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mss ... /list.true

Sony Vaio S + sheet battery

specs:
1600x900 matte screen (none that glossy screen shit)
i5 2.30 GHz
4GB DDR3 ([hardsoldered to the board] upgradeable to 12 GB using a 4 + 8GB config)
500GB hdd
USB 3.0 port + 2x USB 2.0 ports
Radeon HD 6630M /w 1 GB mem (with toggle switch to use Intel HD 3000 instead)

With the sheet battery and using the HD 3000, I get 13 hours easily on my laptop.
I personally paid more for an i7, bluray drive and 8 GB memory, but I'm am thrilled with this laptop. 13 inches and less than 4 lbs makes it a near ultraportable.

[avrame]

Forgot to mention, my Sony Vaio S is able to handle:

League of Legends
Starcraft 2
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 1 and 2
The Witcher

at max resolution ranging from 40-60 FPS average. Qualifies as a gaming laptop in my book. I hate that all mainstream laptops are considering the Intel HD 3000 as a "good enough" GPU. You can't play Starcraft 2 on that :S

[CRTGAMER]

Netbook with Touchscreen and Keyboard
This way you can use the Laptop as a Tablet or keying in documents with Keyboard. I like both the PC and Mac, PC for burning discs and larger software library; the Mac for virtually no Spyware issues. Does Mac make a Netbook that has a touchscreen with keyboard?

Well, you can pair a bluetooth keyboard to the iPad. And the MacBook Air is nearly netbook size and has a fantastic trackpad (multitouch gestures are important in using OS X Lion), but not an actual touchscreen.

Ideally I'd have a MacBook Air and a nice home built gaming rig. I don't have the funds to do that right now unfortunately. Considering the OP is looking for a gaming laptop I don't think he's going to find much to like in Apple's product line or in any netbook.

Agree, a regular laptop PC is a better route for the larger gaming library. One area a touchscreen really shines is for games that need to move the cursor and select. Bejeweled and Bookworm come to mind.

As far as adding a bluetooth keyboard to a tablet, it works but kills the convenient portability aspect. A laptop with the touchscreen and built in keyboard gives the best of both tablet and standard laptop.

[D.D.D.]

Build a desktop.

[avrame]

Do NOT get an HP. Ever. Don't get an HP.

I hate to be that guy, but everyone has opinions. HP is a good brand name that offers both a 'decent' low end and a extremely nice high end PC. If you buy a $300 PC from office depot, thats what you get, a cheap and flimsy PC. If you buy a $999 ENVY or a $1300+ Elitebook, you get one of the more solid PCs in the industry.

Really? I have heard nothing but horror stories about anything that Asus touches.

I'd disagree with that assessment as well. ASUS machines are very high quality, given that their low end is really bad. If you spend $800+ on an ASUS machine, you get a solid laptop. This I dislike about ASUS is that they are very flamboyant about their gaming laptops image. There is no way you can use it out in public without anyone looking at it and saying "That's a gaming laptop". That is the image ASUS wants, but for me, I wanted a power-user laptop that can game, and not scream out "LOOK, I'M A GAMING LAPTOP".

Under $1400
Under 6lbs
Under 1.25" thick
Able to get more than 3 hours battery life.

I like how the PC I mentioned in my last post hits all of those marks I was looking for the same thing for the longest time and came across the closest machines matching those criteria:

Dell XPS 15z: http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-15z/pd.aspx?~ck=mn
verdict: read reviews about the casing scratching easily. 15 inches makes it less portable.

Last gen Macbook Pro:
verdict: overpriced, low end GPU, does not run majority of steam games without having to repurchase games I already own, boot camp is not 'good enough'

HP ENVY 14:
verdict: great bang for the buck, decent size and weight, do not like the look of the top shell (bumps and rivets, can't have a sleek top else Apple would sue them)

Sony Vaio S: http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... 1644768015
verdict: PRICEY, compact, long battery life, powerful, elegant

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Last gen Macbook Pro:
verdict: overpriced, low end GPU, does not run majority of steam games without having to repurchase games I already own, boot camp is not 'good enough'

Just out of curiousity, why is bootcamp not 'good enough'? It just makes it easy to dual boot your Mac (PC) into Windows. I can understand the GPU and price point however. Though the whole draw of a Mac isn't the specs but the OS, so why anybody would consider one for gaming in the first place is beyond me.

Edit: Either way, I still feel it's stupid to seriously game on a laptop, especially when you pay out the ass for the performance of a $700 desktop machine.

[scarper]

Do NOT get an HP. Ever. Don't get an HP. I hear Asus laptops are like the happy unicorn bringers that feed all the starving children in Africa of laptops. A friend of mine got this one:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/7 ... puter.html

He says it was the greatest investment he will have ever made. He can run every modern PC game he has ever tried out, and they look beautiful. Along with the occasional Steam title, and Gamecube emulation.

Really? I have heard nothing but horror stories about anything that Asus touches. (i.e Breaking only after a few months of moderate use, the company not honoring warranties, really cheap plastic casing, excessive weight, etc.) Also, my Dad has been using an HP desktop for over 7 years now, and it hasn't given him a single issue.

Their desktops work alright. My entire family has been using their desktops and they haven't had any real big issues. The laptops aren't that great though, at least from my experience.