well, gaming laptops are expensive. but i would say if you want a high performance one go alienware or dell. with both, as far as im aware(im going from memory as its late and i really dont want to get an aids cookie from dell.com) they allow you to customise. tbh, if i was in your position i would of got a macbook pro and then just bootcamped XP. as for 4GB, no need unless youre a vista user- and another thing, dont get vista. 2GB is more than enough for games. i dont know much about mobile gpu's, but i could of sworn i came across an article saying theyre going to release a 8800gpu for notebooks/laptops. i cant stress enough though. dont get vista. i would get linux before that damn system raping OS