Choices for a laptop for college

[EnDaRi]

Ok, so i've been looking deeply into centrino laptops. In fall of 2005, im off to college, and my parents are gonna buy me a laptop. Personally, it would be cool to play some games on it as well as a school work computer. So i've decided this, i want a Centrino Dothan 1.7 Ghz (735), Radeon 9700 128 mb mobility, 1 gb of any kind of pc2700 or better ram, atleast a 4 hour battery life if not more, and a cd-rw/dvd drive.

Here are the websites I have looked into.

http://www.gen-x-pc.com/note_CL56D17W.htm is $1999

http://www.gamepc.com/shop/sys...mily.asp?family=noteb7 is $2054 with the specifications im looking for without xp pro which i want

http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/me...Category_Code=Notebook i dont know the price of specifications i want

http://www.rjtech.com/np3790.htm i dunno price but seems good

http://www.powernotebooks.com/specs/PowerPro/m5-6.php this seems nice

http://www.powernotebooks.com/specs/Sager/3790specs.php also seems nice

Now im looking for the one with my specifcations. I really like long battery life. Give me feedback please

 

[MagicianBdotCom]

Just a note, unless your traveling out of the country, I don't think a laptop is necessary. Just get a desktop. If you do live out of the country then go with a laptop so its easier to bring home. All my friends who got laptops for college never bring them outside of their dorm room.

 

[jkresh]

if you arent starting school till next year, why bother looking now? Wait till June to start looking then buy in July/August, landscape of notebooks will have completely changed between now and then (pci express, multicore possibly...)