Gaming Laptops

I have no idea how much 1000 GBP or 1200 Euro is, but I got the laptop in my sig for under $900 from the Dell outlet and it is a fine gaming machine for a great price. I just scored 3520 3DMarks06, so it should be perfect for what you need. Check at http://www.delloutlet.com and best of luck in your search.

Take a lock for ROCK laptops in your local dealers like DABs etc.

They are based on solid Clevo chassis and usually have great options. I see alot of positive recommendations coming from the UK for them. I was considering one at one time for myself and having it shipped over, but after all the hassle it would've cost as much as a local VooDoo laptop, so no Rock for me.

There are some inexpensive DELLs out there, and they offer you some flexability in building a very capable machine, and actually Crysis and Oblivion are quite possible on a T7xxx with a GF8600, those games benifit more from the unified shader architecture than any others, and would likely equal or outperform ibleet's GFGO7900GS and be just under the Worminator's GTX, but specifically in those games. That's not to say you'll be able to play at full res and Ultra features, but it will be playable. I'm playing the Crysis Demo @ Medium settings on the HD2600 with a T7300, and it's enjoyable. Sure it could be better, but laptop gaming is about compromises, especially in a game where desktop GF8800Ultras struggle.

Actually the HDD minimum I would recommend, is if you can get a 7200RPM drive when you part it together, try to get one if it's not too prohibitive. For DELL it's nice that it's usually a size differential more than a price differential, like a 160GB 5400 costs as much as a100GB 7200 drive. And I agree about the externals as you may notice by my hardware profile.