I'm getting a laptop, and I'm too stupid to tell if the one I like is any good

[Subotan]

this is what you want:

Have a look at the 15" Acer in this link:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21878

New CPU
Decent GPU
Pretty cheap

Looks interesting. What does everyone else think?

What good is it if it has only 4 hours of battery, two colleges and it's empty. They are poor gaming machines anyway, gaming wears your keyboard down, sweaty palms button mashing, but on a laptop the keyboard isn't as easily replaced. Get a fat custom desktop if you want to game, gaming-laptop is a little bit of everything but in the end nothing at all, not that powerful for games, and not of that much use for work.

Hence my "trying to square a circle" comment. I'm going to university, so I'll need a laptop anyway, and I'd like one that could play EB II/Paradox Games/TF2. Getting a desktop isn't an option.