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

[Subotan]

basically you would presume that the codename, i.e. 58xx or 57xx would refer to the GPU, and you know the desktop 58xx comes with 1600 shaders which is rockin, so you assume that the mobile 58xx would also come with 1600 shaders.
but it doesn't, the mobile 58xx is the same GPU as the desktop 57xx, and thus only has 800 shaders, not the 1600 you assume given the model name

Ah! Sneaky!

that said, the new ATI mobile 58xx card (with 800 shaders & DDR5) is in my opinion the best mobile GPU you can get, and if money is not an object i would find a laptop that has one of them inside (probably a 17" chassis).

Any suggestions?