Long story short, my luggage got stolen on a domestic flight and I lost my MBP. I need something ASAP. Specs are..

 

 

 

Between 13"-15". Nothing smaller, no 17".

 

Battery life approaching 3 hours at least.

 

Wireless internet. (obviously)

 

I would prefer an illuminated keyboard.

 

I need to be able to play RS in HD & CS:S. So, don't bother with anything using onboard intel.

 

 

 

Sounds simple? I wish. I'm an Australian. My budget is $1500 AUD ($1239 USD). I CAN NOT SPEND ANY MORE. There is no possible way for me to strech that. As an example, a polycarb macbook is $1600 AUD.

 

 

 

Cheers guys!

Well, took some time...

 

 

 

/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-3872814-3999901.html]http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/[garden tool] ... 99901.html

 

http://www.skycomp.com.au/product.aspx?id=185702

 

 

 

The Asus one is a little bit more expensive, but better performance. Don't know about battery life, call and ask them.

Thanks! According to the blokes at DSE, JB and HN (computer stores!) Neither of them will have the battery life :( And apparently the HP runs rather hot as well.

 

 

 

I think I'm just going to have to pick up a 2nd hand macbook (which will still cost me $1400) :(

Try finding one of the new Acer Timeline's with the C2D cpu. Tht've been reported to hit the 8 hour mark and will play RS HD fine (CS:S should be ok)

Try finding one of the new Acer Timeline's with the C2D cpu. Tht've been reported to hit the 8 hour mark and will play RS HD fine (CS:S should be ok)

 

 

 

Out of my price range :( I'm trying to avoid spending more money than necessary for something that will be used for about 3 hours every 2 weeks at most for anything requiring more than a netbook.

 

 

 

I've actually touched a few laptops (naturally with intel chips) that can run css fine but not rshd, so i'm not too worried about source, just the other games.