well i might jump in here, agree alot with original post, except Compaq, sure they arnt the best but i have had a compaq desktop that my parents bought me for 10 years now lol, its finally hit its end but ever since i got it it has been easily upgraded to run for 10 years w/o a single hickup, i think i wiped HDD and started fresh windows once in all that time. upgraded about everything on it by now and still runs well, just cant handle any new apps such as COD4 but eh its old!
buy now i got a PC (laptop) i got to pick myself and i went with Sager, GREAT deals on their products and very reliable systems, its a 2092 with top line everything 200gb at 7200rpm an 8600GT 512mb and intel core2 Duo (2.5 Ghz) and WSXGA+ screen. very nice laptop and i love it dearly... runs COD4 on extra settings w/o a hickup, also runs Crysis on Extra but at about 20 fps, 35+ if i run it on High settings. so im gonna go with Sager as my pick for now, but really it would be a Compal (not Compaq) case assembled by Sager
www.sagernotebooks.com
anyways yea thats my product of choice, kinda of an underground Power notebook brand
when running off of battery i get 3-5 hours as well! (3 while playing COD4 and other games, and around 5 if its music)