Laptop Gaming help

i need opinions on a good laptop to get for gaming
so when i go to my friends house i have something to play

im not looking for a high tech laptop , just one that can handle these games and look good and is under 14 ': wow, halo combat evolved pc, and counter strike condition zero.


im willing to spend up to around $900, $1000 max,unless i cud get a laptop cheaper that can run these games good


i like that hp mini 1000. its small and ive seen alot of people on youtube running these games on it and that asus eee.

i wud upgrade the ram so the specs would be


# Genuine Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3
# • Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor N270 (1.60GHz)
# • 10.2" diagonal WSVGA HP LED Brightview Infinity Display (1024 x 600)
# • 2GB PC2 - 6400 DDR2 (1 Dimm)
# • Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950
# • 60GB 4200RPM PATA Hard Drive

and id buy an external hardrive for it


im also intrested in the sony vaio sr or the cs

which go around $900


im new to this whole computer gaming thing
im an xbox guy.
but if any1 can help me out that wud awsome
thanks