I've been tasked with locating a laptop for a mate. He'll basically be using it as a desktop replacement, as he has limited room - so screen size isn't an issue in fact 17" is preferable to 15.4"
It needs to fulfill the following requirements :
Reasonable games machine (Rome Total War, WOW etc) - therefore dedicated graphics
Price 550-650
Decent screen
DVD playback
wifi (etc).
The gaming element is obviously the most restrictive and defines what the laptop needs to do.
I have had a vostro 1500 on order from dell for the last 2 1/2 weeks with a an upgraded 8600 graphics card - but my patience has worn thin.......
So I was looking at the following from Novatech - slightly more pricey at about 620 without an OS though (the dell was 568)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?ALP
(the T5500)
Any thoughts for alternative 'budgety' gaming laptops?, or issues with the novatech one? (if anyone has experience of them)
Cheers,
Will