Get an Acer Ferarri 4000. Its about $2200 (depending on where u buy it from), and comes with 1 gig of ram, an AMD Turion ML-37 processor, and and ATI Radeon Xpress X700. Also has a slot-load DVD burner. Fair price for a gaming rig. Gaming rigs are normally extremely expensive (around $2500+) I'm 17, and will be heading to college myself in less than a year. I've researched laptops for a few months now and this is the best I've seen for the price (By comparison, an HP Compaq R4000 costs more than this fully loaded, and it has NO portability). Plus, it is easily upgradable. Go to
www.laptoplogic.com or
www.notebookreviews.com for more options/reviews.