darkop16
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I don't see a reason to wait unless you want dx10 support (prob won't happen for laptops for another year). C2D + 7600 or 7950 and 2gb should be pretty good but don't expect it to last as long as a laptop with onboard gpu....those graphics cards take power to run so with the gaming laptops your sacrificing portability (how long it lasts and how heavy it is) for power (in the sense of gaming).
So keep that in mind since im sure you will want to take it to classes and will have fight for the seat next to the power socket .
With $2200 you could get a beast of a gaming laptop like i said earlier (C2D, 7600gt, etc.) but if you decide to stay simple for word processing and such the $1000 is good enough for a lower end C2D and onboard gpu. You could still mutli-task like typing and listening to music but gaming will take a hit. But i like to keep my gaming on a desktop where it should be and keep the laptop as word processing and maybe watch a movie on every now and then when im not at my desktop.
Also if you do go with the $1000 budget then you would have $1200 left over which is enough for a pretty good desktop rig .
So keep that in mind since im sure you will want to take it to classes and will have fight for the seat next to the power socket .
With $2200 you could get a beast of a gaming laptop like i said earlier (C2D, 7600gt, etc.) but if you decide to stay simple for word processing and such the $1000 is good enough for a lower end C2D and onboard gpu. You could still mutli-task like typing and listening to music but gaming will take a hit. But i like to keep my gaming on a desktop where it should be and keep the laptop as word processing and maybe watch a movie on every now and then when im not at my desktop.
Also if you do go with the $1000 budget then you would have $1200 left over which is enough for a pretty good desktop rig .