Looking for a notebook

Hello all,

I am looking for a gaming laptop, and I am kind of limited with my options due to my location.

I tend to prefer Sony Vaio or Dell over HP and Toshiba but it is not a rule.


1_What is your budget?
Around $2000 - $2400

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

16.4 and above.

3_What screen resolution do you want?

1680x1050 or 1920x1200

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

kinda a desktop replacement laptop.

5_How much battery life do you need?

1.5 or 2 hours.

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

I would like to play games such as Call of Duty at high settings.

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)

Gaming, music playback, dvds playback, web surfing, could use it for 15 hours straight.

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?

320+

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.

Due to location, I am kind of limited to one of the below options:

Sony Vaio VGN-FW390YFB (priced at: $1999 here) / Will I ever use 6 Gb of RAM? I don't really think so but it's a positive thing.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR850E/B (priced at: $2099 here)
HP HDX X18-1180US (priced at: $2399 here) / It's a quad, I think it'll BBQ me since it's a notebook.
Sony Vaio VGN-FW25 (priced at: $1720 here) / cons: 256 Mb VGA.
Sony Vaio VGN-FW26 (priced at: $2300 here) / cons: 256 Mb VGA.
or something from: http://www.pcandparts.com/notebook.htm and there's a company that can ship for me through http://www.dell.co.uk/

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?

2 years, maybe 3.

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.

I'd like it to have at least 3Gb of RAM.

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

a. Like: Sony Vaio, Dell, Lenovo, Apple but the latter is extremely costly here. (Please correct me if I am mistaken in favoring this list)
b. Dislike: Acer, MSI, eMachines

13_What country do you live in?

Lebanon.


Much thanks in advance.

I think my vote's going for the Sony Vaio VGN-FW390YFB:

Core 2 Duo T8600 2.4Ghz 6144MB 320GB BlueRay DvDRW+DL Webcam Microphone Bluetooth 16.4" WXGA Xbrite Windows Vista Ultimate.

What do you guys think?