Hello there folks, I need you guys to lend me your superior compy knowledge to help me get a new Laptop!

So after 4 years, my GateWay M255-E laptop just isn't cutting it anymore. It's getting to the point where room is tight (only having 50 gigs will do that to ya...) and the battery is dead... so it's not much of a laptop. ^_^ FireFox (and all the add-ons I put on it) are making it chug... and well... it's time for an upgrade!

So... I'm looking for a new laptop to enjoy during the remainder of my college years and into the future.

What I want:

• Lots of storage space!
• PC, not looking for a MacBook.
• Something that wont be immediately outdated.
• ~$1000 is the most I'm looking to pay... but price isn't really a deal breaker.
• Something that can play StarCraft II.

So yeah... any suggestions would be great. I'm counting on you VGChartz!

Just about anything can play Starcraft 2. My ultraportable (Intel 4500MHD graphics, slow even by Intel standards) can run it smoothly on Low in 2v2s and it looks great.

Of course you will want a discrete card to play on Medium/High but no need to go for a 'gaming' laptop. Make sure it has a Nehalem or Sandy Bridge CPU (Core i3/i5/i7) [AMD's competition will come in June].

Yeah, I was looking at some laptops today at BestBuy, and went to the HP section (HP is the most reliable brand right?) and I noticed those. I'm assuming that the i7 is the most futureproof?

Don't buy computers for futureproofing. Everything from cheap to expensive will all look outdated in five years. Just don't spend your whole budget now and save some for when you need to buy again.

All of the i3/i5/i7 CPUs should be fast enough so you don't notice right now; there is no need to get i7. If you get a quad-core instead of a dual then battery life will suffer (if you care). Personally I'd be fine with an i3/i5 dual.

I've seen brand reliability debated widely and people will swear that their brand is the best OR that they had a terrible experience and you shouldn't buy, but i'd say that the main brands (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Apple, and a few others I'm forgetting) are all similar. HP isn't especially better.

Okay... when I read your posts I imagine that My Little Pegasus is the one that's talking. Just so you know.

So I'm looking for a i5 Dual Core Processor from one of the major manufacturers, with lots of space in the hard drive. Thanks a lot Soleron! ^_^

Get a Thinkpad! Though anything after a gateway would look like the second coming of Viva Pinata 

Yeah I was going through reviews and most of them had GateWay at the bottom.

The HP Envy looks pretty neat....

I recommend you a laptop.

One last thing.. don't let random people on the internet spend thousands of dollars for you.

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Second'd

Except try to get the i3 or i5 ones. The Edge is pretty cheap and comes in 11/14/15, and the newer Intel HDs are decent for the price.  Most games I have run from low (Borderlands) to high (Source games), I don't see why you shouldn't be able to run StarCraft 2. Most games I have aren't very graphics intensive though, but for under 600$ it's great.

For 1,500$ you can get this monster I saw last week...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 17.3" Display / 8GB Memory / 1TB Hard Drive - Black/2043099.p?id=1218306950115&skuId=2043099