ok, one of my friends is saving for a laptop (i am also but i already picked the one i want). but we are having trouble looking for some. (we can only use newegg since his parents have an account and dont want to buy from anywhere except at newegg or walmart). ok, he wants an amd processor at least 1.8GHz, 15 inch or bigger screen, at least 512mb ram, dvd burner drive, at least 40GB harddrive, and decent graphics (not exactly for gaming but maybe some for him if he cant use his desktop, and they would be older games like Enemy territory wolfenstein so not much power needed there). then the other basics like ethernet slot and ability for wifi....  oh yeah...max price is somewhere around 900 please..maybe 1000 but i am trying to keep it below the 1grand mark for him.
thanks alot in advance

starship troopers, and his friend mark ..since it is for him 

wow, that was  a quick response, thanks    i talked to him on msn after i posted and its ok to have anything but celeron. i misunderstood him when he said he wanted no celeron i thought he meant no intel pentium or anything...but pentium m's or pentiumd's or whatever are fine. and those laptops look good i may save up for one of those instead.

WOW dlewis23, i really like all those...i think that i like this one the best though   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115245  for price and performance. and did i read that right that it has an extra card slot? cool, i think i am actually going to get that one instead of the one i was going to get. Thanks man really nice suggestions.

im still debating though, if i should get the one you posted here or should i get the one i had been looking at which is right here but either way i (and friend mark) appriciate the help alot! 

yeah i know that the integrated cards share memory. but im not inot gaming on a laptop so that isnt a problem...and if there are games i will put on them it would be like cs 1.6 and maybe wolfenstein enemy territory, but thats it.
that laptop is nice swimmer, i looked at that one as a close pick. but since there is limited $$ i think i will have to let that one go

thanks dlewis and swimmer, i just figured i'd update. newegg isnt the only place now that is available for us...cyberpowersystems is ok also...which we've already made a "gaming" laptop for 1251...without shipping, tax, etc. here's what it looks like, tell us what you think   here's the link and since every time you open the link it resets the options here's what was selected under: 1.) notebook:    MSI MS-1039 Notebook 15.4" Glare WXGA 1280x800 Pixel w/ Mobility Radeon X1600 Video, Turion™64, & 802.11g Wireless  2.)notebook color original grey 3.) display lcd15.4" Glare WXGA TFT LCD Display Max: 1280x800 Pixels 4.) cpuMobile AMD Turion™64 MT-40 CPU @ 2.2GHz 1MB Cache Ultra Low Voltage 25Watt w/ HyperTransport Technology  5.)freebies ...both selected...LoL 6.) motherboardATI RX 480M + ATI SB 400 Chipset Mainboard 7.) memory1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 400MHz DDR SODIMM Memory , with kingston brand 8.) graphics card Built-in Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 256MB PCI-Express X16 Video 9.) harddrive60GB 5400RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE 10.) optical drive8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE 11.) soundBUILT-IN AC 97 SOUND 12.) speakers   BUILT-IN STEREO SPEAKERS SYSTEM 13.) network/modemBUILT-IN 10/100 NETWORK CARD &    BUILT-IN 56K V.92 FAX MODEM   ok...thats the list...sorry for it being so long...but do you think that that system is worth the $1251 it came out to be?
thanks, starship troopers

no the graphics can not be upgraded in that laptop. the only laptops that can have the graphics upgraded are the high end DELL XPS, and alieanware laptops the cost like $3500+

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