Long story short, I'm going to be gone for 5 years and will leave most of my possessions behind so I need a new laptop that can last me for approximately that long (maybe even shorter). So far, I found two that might do the job.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157042

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157043

Anyways, I'm just wondering if the extra 350 dollars is worth it for the second one or if the first one can last me for a really long time. I want to play games on this laptop (obviously) and...yeah.

Well also you get bluray reader on there, that alone adds anther 100 bucks, an extra 2 gigs on a normal desktop isn't that much but I'm guessing it gos for moree on a laptop. The i7 should be better than the quad and I can't say anything about the graphics card.

Elaborate.

Submarines.

So would I need the bluray and core i7 and the extra RAM in a year or two?

Best explanation ever.

What do you want to use the laptop for?

Mostly gaming. I'm going install as much PC games as I have onto it and more if I get the chance in the future. Other than that, it's going to be for whatever work that requires me to use the laptop (which I assume will utilize MS Office) and maybe buy and watch movies.

i u plan on heavy gaming i recommend an asus for tha price those 2 laptops are way overpriced and the gpu they come with are pretty bad

Don't think I'll have time to be heavy gaming but now that I think about it, I might go with this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16834146613

at $1000, it has the Core i7 and a GT 240M. This is probably the best deal and I can just upgrade the RAM.

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