Alright so im sick of my current laptop, its really slow, i cant game, multitask and freezes a lot. Im looking to buy a nice fast laptop with good gaming capacity, can handle 1080p movies and i can easily have many programs open without having it freeze on me. I'm willing to spend anywhere from $1000-1500 dollars on it. Does anyone have any recommendations for a laptop fitting those specs?

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With that price range might as well buy a kick a55 desktop. If you don't use the laptop in class and so on might as well go for the desktop and keep your old laptop as backup.

If you're gonna spend that much.
Get an Apple Macbook Pro, or a regular Macbook.

$100 student discount.

Though for gaming, it's best if you run bootcamp windows.

Originally Posted by Cliu91

If you're gonna spend that much.
Get an Apple Macbook Pro, or a regular Macbook.

$100 student discount.

Though for gaming, it's best if you run bootcamp windows.

Wowwwwwwwwwwwww normally I agree with you but wtf

or he can actually buy a KICK ASS laptop/desktop for that price and not one with the same specs as a laptop that's half the price..

Originally Posted by lawleypop

Wowwwwwwwwwwwww normally I agree with you but wtf

or he can actually buy a KICK ASS laptop/desktop for that price and not one with the same specs as a laptop that's half the price..

PC's slow with age :(
Macs are better long term imo.

Originally Posted by Cliu91

If you're gonna spend that much.
Get an Apple Macbook Pro, or a regular Macbook.

$100 student discount.

Though for gaming, it's best if you run bootcamp windows.

Are you incompetent? The words Apple and Gaming do not go well together. The 13 inch macbook pro has a 320m and the 15 inch has the 330m. Both of these cards are mediocre at best. If battery life is a concern and portability i recommend going with an alienware m11x or the Asus n43jf. If its going to be on your desk all day I recommend going with the XPS 15. Its not an attractive design but it has an excellent graphics card and definitely go with the 1080p screens its one of the best panels available.

Originally Posted by Cliu91

PC's slow with age :(
Macs are better long term imo.

Long term? Long term?
I'm pretty sure Apple supporters are the type of people that will drop w/e they have as soon as a new model comes out.

Someone prove me wrong.

[Yes, I'm QQing D:]

Gaming laptops are always bad ideas (they're big, hot, have horrible battery life and are usually at least a generation behind comparable gaming desktops). For $1500 you can build a solid gaming PC (that'll blow away any gaming laptop) and pick up a netbook/ultraportable for class.

If you're dead set on a gaming laptop, take a look at the Asus G series (IIRC there was a bunch of sales on them a while ago and near top-end gaming laptops were selling for ~$1200-$1300).

Originally Posted by Cliu91

PC's slow with age :(
Macs are better long term imo.

You're making yourself look ignorant in regards to computers...

Originally Posted by healthsci1

Are you incompetent? The words Apple and Gaming do not go well together. The 13 inch macbook pro has a 320m and the 15 inch has the 330m. Both of these cards are mediocre at best. If battery life is a concern and portability i recommend going with an alienware m11x or the Asus n43jf. If its going to be on your desk all day I recommend going with the XPS 15. Its not an attractive design but it has an excellent graphics card and definitely go with the 1080p screens its one of the best panels available.

U mad?
MBP's on bootcamp windows even with a 330M is sufficient to run most games on med-high, maybe not ultra, but decent specs.

If you want functionality, speed, for both work and offside gaming. MBP's will be fine.

Originally Posted by Tailsnake

You're making yourself look ignorant in regards to computers...

Lol dude.
I've built gaming computers.

He said he was looking for a laptop that can game. Not a gaming laptop. Not a Desktop.

My new $449 Acer can game. ;D
And by game, I mean Maplestory. ;D

well yea i know a PC is so much better but i rather have a gaming laptop i find it a lot easier to move around between houses. I dun really mind it being big and bulky since its a desktop replacement really.

@tailsnake yea thats what i was looking into and so far i think im going to get the Asus G53Jw its about $1600 but seems worth it. http://ca.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=eV4 F8vu0VnKGp0nw

you guys think its a good enough laptop or is there a better one i can get for that price?

Originally Posted by Cliu91

PC's slow with age :(
Macs are better long term imo.

PCs slow with age because they tend to fill with crap, some light maintenance is more than enough to keep a PC running quickly (and I assume someone looking for a gaming PC is capable of light maintenance.

Originally Posted by Cliu91

U mad?
MBP's on bootcamp windows even with a 330M is sufficient to run most games on med-high, maybe not ultra, but decent specs.

If you want functionality, speed, for both work and offside gaming. MBP's will be fine.

Any mid-level PC from the last 2 years should be more than capable running most games on med-high and would cost $800 or less to buy, he's obviously looking for something more capable than that

Originally Posted by Cliu91

Lol dude.
I've built gaming computers.

He said he was looking for a laptop that can game. Not a gaming laptop. Not a Desktop.

My GFs $500 netbook can play Starcraft 2 at a solid FPS with medium settings/resolution and it can play 1080p video. If he was looking purely for a laptop that can game, it'd make a lot more sense to recommended that than a $1200+ MBP.