Laptop Decision...

Does anybody have any ideas of where to get a laptop? I want to use it for school needs, gaming, Photoshop CS2, CAD (AutoCAD 05 or 06), and as my only computer. My budget (not including shipping) is about $1,300 USD.

do you need something that has a long battery life?

No, I'm not bothered by battery life or size.

So... any ideas yet?

if you are not bringing it around have you considered a desktop?

I didn't say I wouldn't bring it around, I just meant that I can handle any laptop, like a zd8000 from HP, which is huge. It doesn't matter to me. The reason I want a laptop is cause I want to be able to do things outside of my room, cause I'm not in it all the time.

Toshiba Satellite M50-S418TD - Laptop Intel?Pentium?M Processor 740 [1.73GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB], Microsoft?Windows?XP Home Edition SP2, Peacock Blue, 512MB PC2700 DDR 333MHz SDRAM (256MBx2), 14" Diagonal Wide-screen XGA display with High Brightness (1280x768), ATI?RADEON?X600 SE PCI-E x16 with 128MB DDR SDRAM, 60GB HDD (5400rpm), DVD/CD-RW multifunction drive, Intel?Pro/Wireless 2200BG (802.11b/g), harman/kardon?stereo speakers, Lithium Ion Battery (12-Cell, 8600 mAh), 1-year Standard Limited Warranty,



$1,303.90



that will be highly portable and give you the performance you need for games. what games do you play anyways?

I play Halo, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Far Cry, UT 2004, ect. What about the HP Pavilion zd8000? Right now it has some really good deals, including a free upgrade to the x600 256MB video instead of the 128MB video.

About 50 people have viewed this as I post this post, and only alanuofm has responded? Doesn't anybody else have some suggestions? I like to have a variety of opinions.

some people don't have the time to go to a site and configure something and then think about if its good or not. me on the other hand, i'm getting sick of programming for my stupid a$$ class so i come here to burn some time.