what to buy

ok I'm looking at notebooks for school/play and I'm wondering what you guys would reccomend for my needs. I'm thinking about a lattitude D600 though the 32mb radeon 9000 leaves me wanting more. My desktop machine keeps aging and componants keep dying, I want a notebook that can replace it for a few months and last me through the next few years in school. I need it to be light so hauling it between classes does not require a forklift -NO ten pounders! and I need good graphics, this is to be a gaming rig. I may want to wait for atis 9600s and the new pentium M cpus with 2mb of cache... any idea when those will be available? I have to have at least 60gb of storage space, it can't get too hot, it must be fast! lots of requirements I know but I'm willing to spend a lot on this and I think I should get my moneys worth. Good battery life is a must and now for the most important requirement: financing must be available. That limits me to major dealers like dell or hp but I don't have 2500 dollars in my debit account so it's my only option. I'm looking all over, this notebook must be something I can be happy with for the next few years... I'll probably end up waiting for the ati 9600s and the new pentium Ms to arrive but I can only wait a few months school is starting and I need this quickly.

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I have heard good things about the D600. Umm... if your using it for college, I believe dell offers educational descount (depends on where you go though).