Laptop buying advice forum: Buying a new laptop...

I just checked and you are right. Best buy moved / deleted the
pages... I guess it was only for black friday... do you have any
advice / recommendations?... thanks...

I found this 1, what do u think?...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-230-077&SortField=3&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29#scrollFullInfo

Links are great, when they work.

ASUS N53SV-B
Brand ASUS
Series N53 Series
Model N53SV-B1
Color Silver Aluminum
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Type Intel Core i5-2410M 2.30GHz
Screen 15.6"
Memory Size 6GB DDR3
Hard Disk 640GB
Optical Drive BD Combo
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Video Memory 1GB
Communication Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Dimensions 15.60" x 10.60" x 1.20" - 1.60"
Weight 6.40 lbs
CPU Type Intel Core i5
CPU Speed 2410M(2.30GHz)
CPU Support 3MB L3 Cache
Turbo Boost up to 2.90GHz
Chipset Intel HM65
Screen Size 15.6"
Wide Screen Support Yes
Resolution 1920 x 1080
LCD Features LED backlight
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Video Memory Dedicated 1GB
Graphic Type Dedicated Card
HDD 640GB
HDD RPM 5400rpm
HDD Interface SATA
Memory 6GB
Memory Speed DDR3 1333
Memory Type 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM
Memory Slot (Total) 4
Max Memory Supported 16GB
Optical Drive Type BD Combo
Optical Drive Interface Integrated
LAN 10/100/1000Mbps
WLAN 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth Yes
USB 2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0
Video Port 1 x VGA
HDMI 1 x HDMI
Audio Ports 1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack
Audio Integrated Sound card
Speaker Internal Speakers
Touchpad Yes
Keyboard Standard
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader for SD, MMC, MS, MS-Pro, MS-Duo
Webcam 2.0MP
Battery 6-cell lithiumion
Dimensions 15.60" x 10.60" x 1.20" - 1.60"
Weight 6.40 lbs

The gamers tend to live with the rather heavy laptops. I have one comment only. If they give you an option for a 7200 RPM HDD, even if it's only 500GB, take it.
Bob