laptop recommendations?

[biffbacon]

so im thinking about getting a laptop... i want a relatively powerful laptop (would like to be able to play doom3 on it), and am looking at around 1500$... is this feasible? anyone have any recommendations?

 

[iamme]

was going to recommend a Thinkpad T-series, but if you're going to play games on it, you probably want to look into a desktop replacement laptop.

it'll be heavier (7-10 lbs), but you'll get a better video card and such.

 

[CtK]

most prob wont be able to play Doom 3 on most laptops especially for $1500
but those AMD64 eMachine laptop at Best Buy are pretty good

 

[darkangelPM]

You might want to check these out.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=NB-BA20408

This one has about a 1.5 hour battery life, big heavy, but its powerful, A64, ati 9700 128,, and starts at $1250.

Mitac 8050 , sold as the voodoo M something.

http://rjtech.com/8050.htm

ok its smaller lighter, alot lighter, abit less powerful with a P-M dothan, but has the ati 9700. Battery life is in the 3 hour range.

starts at $1319, you could get a pretty nice one for 1500.

The Asus M6NE or M6bNE depending on if you want a 15.1" sxga screen or a Wxga screen.

http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=M6BNe&Category_Code=Notebook

I bought this one, so I'm biased. P-M dothan Ati 9700 64Mb, batterylife in the 4.5 hour range, this was the deciding factor for me. optional 2nd optical drive battery, which kicks it up to 8.5 hours. I bought from there too, they were good, no problems.

your looking around 1458, with a 1.7 dothan, 40Gb harddrive, Wireless, 512ram, and CD-rw/Dvd.
The asus, is a little more rugged than the others. Now I don't know about doom 3 but these are powerful laptops, for a good price.

I hope this gives you some ideas.