I've decided to bite the bullet and buy a new Laptop (my current one is in a slow death spiral and will likely pack in any day now). Ideally i would like to spend no more than $1200 (or preferably $1000) but i want something that can handle Shogun 2 comfortably and smoothly (and Empire and Napoleon.)

I've been looking at a bunch of laptops - the Lenovo ideapad Y580 looks like a decent bet - but being a bit of a Luddite i tend to get bogged down in all the detail and very confused.

I would really appreciate any recommendations for quality gaming laptops that can handle the like of SG2 and at around the $1000 mark or a little above.

Thanks.