hey guys what would you say the best company for buying a laptop is?...alienware and voodoo and falcon-nw are too pricy...and i customized a fairly good laptop for a good price with HP...what do you guys think is the best company to go with? budget around 1500
IMO
HP is good enough.
Toshiba is also good too, with the bonus of stability, but at the cost of appearance.
Asus is not as good as you may think, but if you want to go for that, its fine too.
Dell... i would think twice before going for it. Dell's laptop is known for lacking in stability and reliability.
Don't ever go for
Sony, unless you're really into appearance. For the same money, you can have a HP with better hardware.
My 6 yr old INspiron 8200 is still chugging along. My dads 4 yr old 8600 is running without one issue yet. My friends 8500 died after 5 yrs. Intense
Go for Dell or Toshiba. Dell constantly has better relaiblity ratings than HP from Consumer Reports and PCMag.
If all the gaming u want is Warcraft3, then you dont need a graphics card.
If you are using Vista, get 2gigs of ram.
Here is what I would get for your range:
http
/www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/services/inspn/e1505_DNCWEA1?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
Dell Inspiron E1505 base no warranty extesion $700
15.4" Glossy LCD (Truelife)
Intel Core Duo 1.83ghz +40
Vista Home Premium +30
2gb ddr2 533 (667is a ripoff) +150
120gb 5400rpm hd +55
dvd burner +40
256mb GeForce 7300 +100
9 Cell battery (in the e1405 got 8hr battery life

+50
TOTAL: $1161.... that is with a 1yr warranty
Trust me get a dell laptop not desktop