Friend needs new Lappy, $1500 budget

[Peen]

Guys know of any good deals around the $1500 range? Something that can game decently too. Thanks :up:

[TRF-Inferno]

Guys know of any good deals around the $1500 range? Something that can game decently too. Thanks :up:

I believe Best Buy still has a Gateway P-7811FX for $1299. It's a 17" notebook with a Geforce 9800M GTS, which is the equivalent of a desktop 9600GT in performance.

[Nanometer]

I think the dell 15 xps can be had for such a price, my friend has one and he loves it.

[AndrewZorn]

Usually the 15"ers don't have the same video card options.

The original question needs more preference. Power vs battery? Size?

I have a 13" Dell M1330, and like it a lot. It has an 8400gs, but that's no good for games. I don't care, because I have a desktop for games. I wanted small and light, and an 8400gs is better than nothing. Because it's no-games, I installed Ubuntu and run it full-time.

[BreeSpree]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147750:D

End of discussion

It rawks yo momma for the price tag.
Ima buy one soon.

And by the way this is my 200th post, and I know it's still September, I did not spam my way here:mad:

[Peen]

He doesnt care about size, battery power etc. Its pretty much going to be a mobile desktop for him so the more power the better. I bought my laptop from Best Buy and noticed they had some insane deals sometimes there I got mine for 400 bucks and its normally 650. I'm going to show him some of those link, thanks! :up:

[zanzabar]

this is the best one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8892825&type=product&id=1211587727985&srccode=cii_11234&cpncode=07-16999265&cmp=KA14525&ref=16&loc=02

spanks that HP but only $1300, ddr3 + 9800m gts

and u can add in a turbo cash module and blue ray for about $200

[man_bear_pig]

Agreed that gateway beats the pants off anything for the money right now.

[Riggs]

Wow, thats a great deal! You get the 1920 res screen too! If its mobile, a 17 inch screen would be much better than 20.1, battery may last longer. :)

[Glow9]

MSI wind then spend the $1000 on a trip to vegas or hookers and cocaine or I dunno something fun

[BreeSpree]

The Gateway is nice, but it is just a remanufactured Clevo M570TU. For a per-built system though, you can't go wrong with it. Very nice value, and there is nothing that it is missing. The HP is more for bling, I'm a bling kind of guy. If I was under a strict $1500 budget though, I would save a few bucks and buy the Gateway.

[JaYp146]

The Gateway previously mentioned can be had for under $1000 on Ebay. Fantastic bargain.

In fact, it was ~$600 + shipping on Tigerdirect a couple months back. Refurb model, but still ... !

[BreeSpree]

A Clevo D901c is a nice desktop replacement now that I think about it. That is only the chipset name, but I'm sure if you look it up you will find a remanufacturer that makes it. 17" screen, SLI available, supports socket 775 and can overclock. And it's a notebook. I'm not saying it feels/looks/weighs like a notebook. It's like 15 pounds. Seriously.

[Asgard_thor]

i have my old M7700, still kinda speed P4 3ghz, 1.25gb 6800go, 17" inch is really nice though!

my girlfriend got a laptop for her b-day, 17" screen 1920 x 1080(sorry if im off) x1400(<--sucks but plays sim2 for her) better then my alienware screen, since I didnt upgrade it