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No can do. You can't emulate it either. Only way is to hook up an actual 360 to your monitor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834257671 That's probably your best bet for 500. The intel CPUs at that price only reach 1.7GHz which can be a problem in gaming, so you typically have to go for AMDs APUs. Not 100% sure how it'll run though, laptops are quite expensive so...

Sennheiser and Audio Technica are good brands. Almost all of them are balanced, just read the reviews of ones your client might be interested in. Many of them are bulky unless he gets the ear buds.

"Audiophile" headsets are headphones that are designed to portray the sound that the artist was trying to produce. They are typically well balanced, high quality headphones that attract a demographic of audio enthusiasts. Gaming headsets are headphones that are designed to look cool and...

If you need more, try looking up laptops under the term "ultrabook." They are basically the same form factor as the mac book pro.

I was going to suggest the above laptop. The only issue is the form factor. I simply did a search for you on Newegg and here are the results...

That has 3000.

On low to medium yes. Some people can run it on max settings with 30FPS on an Intel 3000 (but with an i7). It won't be the best experience but its certainly possible. You did mean 3000, right?

It's mainly the HDD increasing the price. If he had Windows 8.1 he could advertise it as a new and upgraded laptop which might play a trick in some peoples minds, making them willing to pay more. It'd be on the lower end ~$50, maybe into the 40s.

Craigslist is typically the easiest way to do it. You can ask whatever you want, but ultimately its up to the buyer to negotiate how much he is willing to pay. You could probably charge 50-70 extra due to the new HDD and Windows.

The CPUs are identical in specs (however on Intels specifications only the i5 has turbo boost which will raise it to 2.7Ghz). Here are others that are at the price of the second option...

Yes, but this is assuming they are the same resolution.

For gaming my vote is on Lenovo because of the SLI and slightly larger screen (every inch counts on a laptop).