Laptop recommendation?

[ChrisF79]

Greetings,

I currently own an Apple Powerbook but now with the Intel switch, I want to sell it before it fully depreciates to 0. At any rate, I am buying a PC laptop and I can't figure out what to get. I see Pentium M, Centrino, Mobile Pentium 4, etc, etc, etc. The Pentium M ones have such a low clock speed so how do they compare to the mobile pentium 4's? I looked at some Toshiba's and the displayed seemed decent, but they were SO heavy.

I want to play some World of Warcraft and maybe a few other games here and there and then do the normal things like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc. I would also like to have a 15" screen or around that size... the 17" screens are just too big to make it practical to travel with. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

 

[fbrdphreak]

I'm really tired and going to bed, otherwise I would take more time to answer this 😉, but for now feel free to check out some of the resources at LaptopLogic:
Buyer's Guide: http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/guides/4/1/1/
Although it is outdated, it will give you a decent intro to the PC offerings.

There is also a wealth of info on our forums for you to peruse.
A quick recommendation: WoW, some gaming, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, 15-->15.4"; I would say maybe an Asus Z71v (15.4" Centrino w/X700 graphics at an affordable price), one of the Acer 8100's (15.4" Centrino with X700 graphics) or an Acer Turion 64-based notebook (most come with X700 graphics). Also, Gateway is coming out with a new 15.4" Athlon 64 notebook that has X600 graphics for about $1300 MSRP. You can find more info in the LL forums under the Gateway section.

I can't think of any 15" notebooks that make decent gamers off the top of my head, I'll try again when I'm more awake 😉

EDIT Link to Gateway info: http://www.laptoplogic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=752&page=1&pp=10