I'm currently in 11th grade and i will graduate in 2 years.,. since most universities require students to a laptop. i wonder that if i by the new 5680 it wouldn't last till the end of my university years. so i was wondering, are there any cheap laptops that is about 1000-1500 in price, that can still play games decently. ( i'm more of strategy games than fps.)

Can any one please post me suggestions of what should i cosider purchasing.

thanks

get a centrino like the powerpro from powernotebooks with radeon 9000. It will play anything you want for the next couple years, then when you get to school you can have it to take notes on (as it actually has a battery life heh) and get a top of the line desktop to game on, or a sager if your school requires a fast lappy, but the powerpro should still be fine for you then unless you are in something like some of the engineering and comsci programs that require rediculous laptops.

I would go for a dell centrino laptop or any laptop with a 4200go thats a centrino

good fps plus good battery life

What about dell inspiron 5100 with the ATI mobility Radeon 7500..

I was thinking about Acer travel mate too. any ideas on that?

sorry i cant edit my post..

Since I'll wait two years before i'll get my Sager

i have decided to go for Dell

Here's my list

Dell 5150 inspiron
Dell 8500 Inspiron
or
Dell D800.

really sad not getting a sager, but consider my use, its lifetime will only be 4 years. which from my past experience, by the time i enter college, i will have to change my computer again.

which one of the dells are good?,.

If you can afford the extra cost (and wait time), go for the D800.

Pentium-M Processor, 4200Go, sounds good to me.... and that black/gray looks a whole lot better than the ugly bright blue. I have seen the 8500 in person and it doesn't look all that pretty...quite cheap looking actually.

How about the eMachines M5305? 15.4" 1280x800, 512MB, 40GB, DVD/CD-RW -- for under $1300. Its no Sager 4760 to be sure, but that is a lot of bang for a buck.

Graphics may be lacking for FPS, but surely could handle Strategy games.

Best wishes on finishing high school and getting into the university you want!

-Kaleva

Get the Sager 4060. For around 1500 you get:

2.4 ghz P4
radeon 9000 64 meg
40 gig hdd
512 ddr ram
SXGA screen

you can customize it they way you like. I'm sure it will meet your needs for the next few years.

I'd say Dell, Sony and VPR Matrix might be a bit too expensive.

I checked out HP, Compaq, and Toshiba and all their lower end laptops have shared memory video cards.

Your best bet is to get a 4060.

4060 looks cool

does any one know how long the battery last
?

You can try www.pcclub they have some cheap laptops but decent and they dont look cheap!They even have some with amd processors and most of them are with ati radeon 9000 64mb,so give it a try!

There is a thing called a search button located in the upper right side of the screen.

check this link out

It also has an option for a second battery.

their is no secondary battery with the 4060, you would have to buy an extra primary, currently the only system with two batteries is the 5670

opps, the 4060 only supports one battery, i stand corrected. Also you might want to check out the compaq x1000, it has the radeon 9200 chip. Though i didnt bother to look for the price.

Technical information on the Compaq Presario X1000 includes:

Intel Pentium® M processors running at 1.3 GHz, 1.4 GHz, 1.5 GHz or 1.6 GHz combined with the Intel 855PM chipset
Intel PRO wireless 2100 802.11b mini-PCI card. Optional integrated Bluetooth module
15.4-inch wide aspect ratio displays with WUXGA, (1,920 x 1,200 resolution), 15.4-inch WSXGA+ (1,680 x 1,050) and WXGA (1,280 x 800)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 64 MB or 32 MB of DDR dedicated memory or ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 with 32 MB of DDR dedicated memory
Hard drives of 40 GB, 60 GB or 80 GB and a high-performance (5,400 rpm) 60 GB
Choice of optical drives, including 24x CD-ROM, 8x DVD, 24x CD-RW/DVD or DVD+RW(1)
Up to 2 GB DDR (266-MHz) system memory
Three USB 2.0 ports, one IEEE 1394 port, one S-Video out port
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet, 56 Kbps V.92 modem
Eight-cell Lithium-ion battery