If your daughter is a gamer, I'd say Dell XPS. I got a XPS with the old 3.2
processor for $800 on eBay. Pretty nice for my use. There are newer,
smaller but probably not faster on the processor. I wasn't going for a
$3000 plus notebook. Let your budget be your guide.

"CJ" <cjmartin04@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> If your daughter is a gamer, I would not go with any of the brick and
> mortar store laptops or anything from Dell.
> Several companies are dedicated to making customized gaming machines.
> Alienware is probably the best known of these companies. You can customize
> a gaming laptop starting at $849. They are probably overall more expensive
> than other companies out there though. Their website is www.alienware.com.
> I've also heard good things about ibuypower.com laptop PCs. These machines
> you can get up to 2 GB RAM as well as a good video card and not pay all
> that much more than you will with Dell.
>
> I would start by going to Walmart or someplace like that and pick up some
> of the computer gaming magazines and doing some research on the companies
> out there advertising laptops and their capabilities.
>