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BengaBenga said:
I have an Acer for €650,- that's about $1000,-. I'm pretty happy with it (it even plays Bioshock), but I would not recommend Vista. Sadly most laptops come standard with Vista, without the possibility to have XP. If you can I'd take XP.

Take at least Dual Core and 3GB (DDR2) internal memory.

Toshiba is also known to make good laptops (and Apple of course, but they're probably more expensive).

NO! NO, Toshiba IS NOT good at making laptops. I bought one and it croaked the third year of owning it. Their laptops degrade so fast (in hardware as well). I had bought a Toshiba Qosmio, and when I wanted to go and update the drivers for it on their website, the model I had just bought was discontinued the year before my purchase. Toshiba laptops also use a shit load of power just to process the tiniest things. Hewlett Packard is MUCH BETTER with their laptops. I'm on my second HP laptop, because my first HP laptop got destroyed in a car wreck I was in around the end of June. Plus HP brand computers always get good firmware updates and such, and I rely on them more.