Laptop computer ?

[MWJeff]

  I need a laptop for mostly work but would like to put a few games on it as well(nothing too taxing).  It needs to be windows xp for the work programs and would like to keep it to $1200-$1300 range.  I have been looking at cyberpower and Ibuypower adds and they seem to have decent machines.  Are there other places I should look or buy from.  Thanks for the info.

[2600]

www.apple.com

Really nice laptops.

[AtomSmasher]

apple does make nice computers, but expensive ones.  You'll get a lot more for you money with a pc.  ibuypower generally has good deals and dell often has really good discounts on their computers.

[hnugz]

i bought my g/f a really nice one from gateway for about $1k.  had all the features i was looking for.  you might wanna just go to places like bestbuy or frys just to take a look at them.  check online first to see if they have better deals.

[JONTHEBOMB]

I just bought a laptop for college from Hewlett-Packard for that price range.
Right now they are offering free shipping on their HP Pavilion laptops which is always nice.  I went with the dv5000z series.

The specs for the laptop I bought are:

Operating System:     Genuine Windows XP Home Edition     

Processor:    AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-37 (2.0GHz/1MB L2 Cache)    

Display Widescreen:    FREE Upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView

Graphics Card:    128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM)    

Memory:    1.0GB DDR SDRAM (1x1024MB)    
   
Hard Drive:    100 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive    
   
Primary CD/DVD Drive:    DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive    
   
Networking:    54g(TM) 802.11a/b/g WLAN    
   
Primary Battery:   12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Warranty:   3-year HP Express Repair extended service plan

Here are the different HP Pavilions:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/compare_category.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks/hp_pavilion&catLevel=1