FAQ :
1. My budget $1000 or less
2. 17” notebook or bigger (best deal for the money)
3. I need 1024X768 screen resolution or better
4. Portable Laptop
5. 2 hour battery life.
6. I would like to play Medieval Total War 2 Kingdoms, and Ages of Empire in high settings:
Specs for Medieval Total War 2 Kingdoms:
•Windows 2000/XP/Vista
•Celeron 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 of equivalent AMD processor (2.4 GHz recommended)
•512 MB RAM (1.0 GB recommended)
•12.0 GB free hard disk space
•100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card with latest drivers
•DirectX 9.0c (included)
•128 MB hardware accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible. (256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7300, ATI Radeon X1600, or greater recommended)
•Internet connection required for multiplayer
•1024x768 display resolution
Specs for Ages of Empire 3:
•Microsoft® Windows® XP
•PC with 1.4 GHz equivalent or higher processor
•256 MB of system RAM
•2 GB available hard disk space
•32x speed or faster CD-ROM drive
•64 MB video card with support for hardware transformation and lighting required
•Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
•Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
•56.6 Kbps or better modem for online play
7. I would like to stream movies via hdmi I/O
8. 320 GB hard drive or bigger (biggest bang for the buck)
9. I would like to buy local to be able to get customer support (i.e best buy, computers plus…) if not I don’t care what site I get it from.
10. I want to keep the laptop till I can’t upgrade it enough to keep up with latest games.
11. DVD ROM/Writer is minimum, if I can get Bluray then it’s a plus
12. I don’t have enough knowledge to know which brands are more or less reliable, any advice is welcome.
13. I live in United States
Any advice.