Laptop Suggestions Anyone?

I currently use 360 but I want to purchase a laptop too since I travel quite often. I desire a system that can support ffxi and windower with no problems. My price, 500ish, suggestions?

I just picked this one up for $750. little over your price range, but this one should take you into ff14 as well
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152108

I hear ibuypower.com is really good, friend of mine has had his for 4 years of college, and can still handle the higher end games :) they have good prices. :)

Maybe look at M-Tech and read into it, then find it somewhere cheaper XD
Like maybe Pro-Star which is a sister company I believe.

I just bought this just to screw around on and it supports FFXI with windower just fine.

http://www.walmart.com/Acer-Aspire-Mini-Laptop-DVD-RW-Burner/ip/10726740#Features+%26+Specifications

This is the one I have, it is tiny as hell and it can play FFXI with windower. Only downside is that the FPS isn't all that high but its not that hard to manage.

Here's a deals thread from yesterday, some deals may not apply anymore, but a few in your price range. Check'em out! http://lifehacker.com/5300473/gadget-and-gear-deals-of-the-day

Keep your eyes peeled on this link, it'll show the daily updates of Lifehacker's "Deals of the Day" posts, so you can keep up with deals and see if anything interests you. http://lifehacker.com/tag/dealhacker/

Both me and my fiance BOTH bought this laptop 2 months ago

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9173262&st=asus+laptop&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218044029168

It's the best laptop you can buy for the price, hands down.

Product Weight
7.7 lbs.

Product Depth
10.4"

Processor Brand
Intel®

Processor Platform
Intel® Centrino® 2

Processor
Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile

Processor Speed
2.13GHz

Display Type
WXGA widescreen with 1366 x 768 resolution

Screen Size
15.6"

System Bus
1066MHz

Cache Memory
3MB on die Level

System Memory (RAM)
4GB

Type of Memory (RAM)
PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive Type
Serial ATA (7200 rpm)

Hard Drive Size
320GB

Optical Drive
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW

Optical Drive Speeds
Drive speeds not specified

Direct-Disc Labeling
Yes

Digital Media Reader or Slots
Yes, digital media card reader

Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Video Memory
512MB GDDR3

Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
No

TV Tuner
No

MPEG
Yes

Built-in Webcam
Yes

Modem
None

Networking
Built-in 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector

Wireless Networking
Wireless-A+B+G+N

Bluetooth-Enabled
No

Security Technology
Facial recognition

S-Video Outputs
None

Additional Audio/Video Connectors
HDMI

Audio
Azalia audio chip

Speakers
Built-in Altec Lansing

PCMCIA Slots
1 Type II

USB 2.0 Ports
4

IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports
1

Parallel Ports
None

Serial Ports
None

Game Ports
None

Laptop Weight
Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.)

Battery Type
Lithium-ion

Pointing Device
Touchpad

Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

I play on the DELL XPS M1710 gaming laptop and have never had a bit of trouble from it!

Everyone's offered decent suggestions... However... For my money, I prefer the 17" widescreen laptops. You get a huge screen for anime/dvd's/gaming/etc. as well as a full number pad. And for FFXI... I <3 the number pad.

I bought a Toshiba Satellite 17" a couple of years ago and it can still run 2 windows of FFXI Windower pretty smoothly.

Toshiba has the Satellite and Qosmio lines that both come in 17"+.

They're a "little" out of your $500 price range, but you're looking at 800-1000 if you want a decent laptop tbh.

You're looking at $500-600 minimum if you get a 17" Toshiba with integrated video. You can then customize the models from there on their site or buy from a dealer.

MicroCenter has some GREAT deals on practically anything computer/tech related. Right now they have a big sale on laptops too.

$650 Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8900
# AMD® Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70
# 4GB DDR2-800 RAM
# 320GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
# Labelflash SuperMulti Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
# 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter
# ATI Radeon 3100
# 10/100 Network
# Atheros® 802.11b/g/n Wireless Network
# 17.1" Widescreen XGA+ TruBrite Display
# Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit)

And here's a link to all of their laptops on sale.

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?coordinate_group=ED1B+ED1D+ED1F+ED1H&feature=058339&utm_source=mcol&utm_medium=leader_bnr&utm_campaign=hmpg_ntbks061509

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just about any laptop in this day and age can run FFXI with windower with no problems at all.

btw i play on a Gateway FX gaming laptop with vista 64-bit but i think this thing is just a little out of ur price range >.>
*sorry double post*