New Laptop

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspag [...] 8047260755

Wanted your overall opinion on this laptop. ALSO would like to know any accessories you recommend. (sound card, or w/e)

1_What is your budget? ~1500 with all accessories and warranty (dont need Microsoft office, open office ftw)

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 17 inch or larger

3_What screen resolution do you want? idc... the smaller it is the faster it runs, the larger it is, the better it looks

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable! i have a $2000 desktop

5_How much battery life do you need? a decent amount

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)?
YES! ...high
future games, like Huxley, Mortal Online, etc

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
3d modeling, some virtual chem tests.

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
>250 ... i also liked how the linked laptop had some solid state drive included. Ive never used any solid state before, but ive heard many good things.

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
no preference

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
>4 years

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
It would be cool if it had some higher speed internet signal for wireless. I like my internet fast, also I may partition the hard drive.

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.
no preference

13_What country do you live in?
USA

wow... ty...
turns out its the same price at best buy for:
twice the video mem
.13GH faster pros
DDR3
AND a 7k rpm HD instead of 5k

the only thing worse about it is the toshiba has a solid state drive

I read about 10 pages of reviews on it, and only found 2 where people complained it overheated, and 1 where it froze up. I wouldn't put overheating past the machine - it's got a higher end graphics card and a cheap price tag - but I've heard lots of good things about it. I think you'll find this true with every notebook - they all have defective units. Best Buy's customer reviews portion shows that over 90% of the people who bought the gateway recommend it...whereas for the toshiba, only 4 people actually wrote reviews! Now, this is only to serve as to say to you - though it might seem more reliable, you really don't have a sampling size large enough there to show any real trends.

Enough of my ramble! I think the gateway is an excellent machine, and we've been recommending them for ages on this forum. Some people come back saying they're crud - some do the opposite. IMO, it's a fine machine, and unbeatable for the price - the toshiba just can't match it in computing power. However, you think the toshiba is a bit of a safer bet...but, it's up to you!