Laptop Help Needed!

Question

I am currently in the market for a laptop that will allow me to play some games and manage my music. I do the vast majority of gaming on my 360 so the laptop would primarily used for simulations (Football Manager, Baseball Mogul, etc.) and Strategy games (World in Conflict, Age of Empires, Company of Heroes, etc.) but I've never really purchased a laptop with that purpose. What size graphics card and processor speed should I be looking for? Any laptop suggestions? I obviously don't want to go over the top because I don't plan on playing FPS or heavy action online stuff or anything.
Any help you folks could provide would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Answer 1

Those games are by no means "low requirement" games.
I'd look for a dedicated card with at least 256MB of memory, not shared memory.
If possible look for a laptop with a 7200RPM hard drive as this will improve load times for the games, as well for the laptop overall.
With RAM as cheap as it is, I'd look for either a model that already has 4GB of RAM, or upgrade it to 4GB.
Processor speed... For now the standard mid range laptop runs a 2.0GHz dual core(AMD or Intel). 
To put that all together, look for a laptop with dedicated graphics memory, a dual core with 2.0GHz or better, and at a bare minimum of 2GB of RAM, preferably 4.
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