Laptop suggestions for college

[Zaven]

I'm looking for a 1280x1080 screen resolution. A 15.6" if not a 17.3" screen, 8GB RAM, 8-Cell Li-Ion battery and something powerful enough to game on. I want to be able to game on it, but for it to last long enough in classes also so battery is important. At the very least I want 4-5 hours just for taking notes, nothing resource heavy. My price range is ~$1000 but I may go up a bit more to $1200. I don't have an OS preference that I really want more than another. I have never tried windows 8, but I wouldn't mind it.

something that can play:
League of Legends - Max settings @ ~60fps would be great and fit the above.

Some laptops I'm looking into that I might get but don't meet one or two of my expectations
http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=457&Code=59371965&category_id=5B0116E237099FA0FCA012D9B20ED2FB
This one is great, for the price, but it has a 6-cell battery

http/www.samsung.com/us/computer/laptops/NP770Z7E-S01UB
This is one I really want as it has a good screen, and battery life, but it is a little pricey for me.

http/www.amazon.com/Asus-N76VJ-DH71-17-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B009AF1DYI#productDetails
Good processor, 2TB of storage, Nvidia GT 635M 2G, 8GB RAM, and in my price range but the resolution is 1600x900 and I don's know if the battery is good or not.

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230595
It's a good laptop, but I don't know if it will last as long as I want it to.

http/www.amazon.com/ASUS-X75A-DS51-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B00B7X6OYA
Same as above

 

[icypyro]

This one has a 9-cell battery with a 7970m and an APU for the processor (which are highly underrated for laptops).
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152372
If all you're doing is typing papers and playing LoL, you shouldn't have an issue with this one

 

[Zaven]

This one has a 9-cell battery with a 7970m and an APU for the processor (which are highly underrated for laptops).
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152372
If all you're doing is typing papers and playing LoL, you shouldn't have an issue with this one

I like that laptop, but I will look for something close to that except a bit cheaper. If I can't find anything then I will consider this.

 

[icypyro]

This one has a 9-cell battery with a 7970m and an APU for the processor (which are highly underrated for laptops).
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152372
If all you're doing is typing papers and playing LoL, you shouldn't have an issue with this one

I like that laptop, but I will look for something close to that except a bit cheaper. If I can't find anything then I will consider this.

Sounds good! Let me know which one you pick in case you find a cheaper one since I'm looking into buying a gaming laptop myself.

 

[whyso]

You will want at least a 650m to play games (anything lower forget about it). The y500 does not have optimus and may have sub par battery life. The GX60 is heavily cpu bottlenecked (do not recommend for cpu heavy mmo's). Recommend something like the y580 (with a 750m) that has optimus and a larger battery (its 6 cell but 72 watt-hours which is pretty decent) but is a little more expensive than the y500.

The samgsung chronos (though expensive) has a huge battery and will last a LONG time unplugged.