MSI 15.4" Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 4GB Memory Windows Vista Home Premium GT627-218US

Pros: This laptop is great, and has everything I could want. The Video card rocks. I bought this to take to my brothers game nights, because I was tired of lugging my 54lb desktop around. This little guy plays COD4 around 120fps with all settings maxed. I have tried Crysis, HL2 E2, Fear2, and Unreal Tournament 3, and all run well on this laptop. I have also used this to run games on my 24in Acer monitor because I find it hard to see fine details in COD4 on the 15in screen. The frame rates hardly drop even while running at 1920x1200.

Cons: LCD panel seems a bit low contrast. I am probably spoiled by my big 24in acer. Seriously not a deal breaker at this price.

Overall Review: The flimsy or springy keyboard that others have mentioned seems not to be an issue on my laptop. In fact I think that this has been one of the more solid feeling laptop keyboards I have used.

BUY THIS

Pros: *Perfect for students that love to game.
*I upgraded to Vista 64-bit, and it runs great.
*Can play Crysis on High quality with physics maxed (slightly glitchy. If played on Medium with physics maxed, really smooth)
*Vista rating:
*Processor - 5.3
*RAM - 5.9
*Graphics - 5.9
*Gaming Graphics - 5.8
*HDD - 5.5
*When on battery, can get almost 4 hours.
*Has number pad
*Comes with nice-looking laptop backpack which works fine for school (unless you are toting around 5 classes worth of books)

Cons: *Backpack started tearing at shoulder and between shoulders after first month
*The material around the screen started buckling after a month, leading to it cracking at the corner!

Overall Review: There were other cons, but those are mostly covered by other reviews. These two cons were really bad. I am a very careful person and take good care of my things. I can understand the backpack ripping...who gives a really high quality backpack for free...but I can't forgive the crack. Maybe if I wasn't careful in handling it, I would, but I am extremely careful. This buckling and crack happened just through normal use. I don't pay $1300 to get a laptop from a company that claims to make high-quality equipment and expect to see a crack that quickly. If it wasn't for that, I would have given this laptop 6/5 eggs! I have absolutely loved it. It still works great, but I don't want a crack.