PC Gaming will reclaim the throne during the last half of this Console Gen.

[shio]

mrstickball said:
I'd really like to see some sort of proof that a laptop purchased today can play top-end games for the next 7-8 years, shio, because I doubt a 3 year old laptop can play Crysis that cost under $3,000 in '06.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220489

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4 Ghz
Geforce 9650M GT 1GB
Ram 4GB

 

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114650

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0 Ghz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 1GB DDR3 + up to 1277MB shared memory
Ram 4GB (can expand to 8GB)

 

The second one's only problem is the weaker CPU, but with a safe overclock it should last for ages.