Need help choosing a laptop

Hello All

I am searching for a new laptop to buy for school , World of Warcraft (possibly some other games aswell , mainly WoW though), and Photoshop (or another image altering program). I am fairly poor being a student so my budget is around $800 or less. I went to best buy twice to look at laptops and was recommended these two computers.

Asus - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor / 14" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive - Black - UL80J-BBK5

and

Samsung - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i5 Processor / 14" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive - Black Aluminum - Q430-11

On the World of Warcraft forums i was recommended this

Newegg.com - MSI FX600-003US NoteBook Intel Core i3 350M(2.26GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 500GB HDD BD Combo NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M


I was wondering which would be better for me and my needs.Also if you have any other laptops within my price range that would fit my needs i would be more then welcome to suggestions. (if any information is not in the specs below it can be found on the links above).


ASUS (3.9 Rating on Bestbuy , $749.99)

Processor - Intel® Core™ i3
Processor Speed - 1.2GHz
Display Type - HD widescreen LED-backlit LCD (1366 x 768)
Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) - 14"
System Bus - 1066MHz
Cache Memory - 3MB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM) - 4GB
Type of Memory (RAM) - DDR3
Hard Drive Type - SATA (5400 rpm)
Computer Hard Drive Size - 500GB
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 310M with Optimus Technology
Video Memory - 1GB
Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit



Samsung (4.6 rating on bestbuy , $829.99)

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5
Processor Speed - 2.4GHz (with Turbo Boost up to 2.66GHz)
Display Type - High-definition LED (1366 x 768)
Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) - 14"
System Bus - 1066MHz
Cache Memory - 3MB
System Memory (RAM) - 4GB
Type of Memory (RAM) - DDR3
Computer Hard Drive Size - 500GB
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 310M
Video Memory - 512MB (dedicated)



MSI ($799.99 , no reviews)

Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Type - Intel Core i3 350M(2.26GHz)
Screen - 15.6"
Resolution - 1366 x 768
Memory Size - 4GB DDR3
Hard Disk - 500GB
Optical Drive - BD Combo
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
Video Memory - 1GB DDR3


All input welcome

Hey dude, all 3 of those systems look pretty similar asides from a few obvious differences..

From those i'd choose the last one, because its faster than the first, has the 1gb of video memory, the better video card, and better screen size.

And since WOW doesn't take a supercomputer to run smoothly and look great, you will be set with that system. Good luck.

Here are some more options you might like:
17 Inch Laptops, 17 Inch Notebook, 17 Inch Laptop at TigerDirect.com - Nice res on the screen
Sony VAIO VPCEC22FX/BI Laptop Computer - Intel Core i3-350M 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, 17.3 Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Black at TigerDirect.com
Acer Aspire AS7540-5750 LX.PJD02.070 Laptop Computer - AMD Turion II Dual-Core M500 2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 500GB HDD, Blu-Ray/DVDRW, 17.3 Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Blue at TigerDirect.com
Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8000 PSPHJU-00H006 Notebook PC - AMD Turion II Dual-Core M520 2.3GHz, 4GB DDR2, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, 18.4 Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, AMD Vision Premium at TigerDirect.com - nice screen res

I would recommend lookn at dell.coma and possibly building your own if you know enough abotu them and what you need...thats what a buddy of mine did and turned out really nice for pretty cheap

Possibly , I think I'm leaning towards my third option

Possibly , I think I'm leaning towards my third option

I would avoid anything that has a resolution of 720p, it's just not good enough.

Lol or you can go on apples store and build their most expensive tower for $20,000! ROFL @ Apple

go to newegg and find a good laptop.

I use newegg for all my computer needs, i trust a lot of the reviews there and highly rated products are usually quite good.

I have never been disappointed, shipping is always fast and usually free.

if your going to spend $800 on a laptop you might as well scrape up an extra $400 more and buy a macbook pro..... it worth the extra $400, extremely reliable and tons faster at everything