laptop recommendation

[jak731]

looking for a laptop

Must have
screen size 17"
longish battery life/easy to source additional batteries
supports 4GB or more RAM
XD card and SDHC card support (other memory cards optional)

capable of running games at a decent framerate

and Reliable, laptop will be used at uni

budget up to £1500, but will go over if its worth the extra

if anyone has a story involving an up to date laptop, any mishaps and the laptop surviving post those as well. eg took laptop into bath, dropped laptop into bath, dried it out, it still works today <-that is made up

also would it be worth considering an SSD if the laptop could be moved about a lot?

 

[jak731]

radderfire
thanks for the VM recommendation, but the laptop is for my sister. if it was for me, i would have gone with a very cheap laptop and desktop to back it up on.

bob wya jnr
nice laptop there, she liked the look of it and i quite liked its specs too

if anyone know any major problems with the MSI GT725 please post here