I can play DOOM 3 on my laptop you know :)
Check out my score's on hwbot with this laptop, it's already more than a year old, and will last for a long time still.
BF2142 on high and AA8 AF 8 on, still 60+ fps without slowdowns.
Your € 750 system will have to be overclocked to beat it :p

overclocking the E2160 has been very challenging indeed, reaching only 3ghz with a €90 CPU, what a let down;) and not forget that most games don't give a rats *** about the CPU, C2D OC'ed to 2.4Ghz is more than fast enough for all current games.

it would be a damn shame if your laptop couldn't run Doom 3, which is more than 3 years old now. Battlefield 2 is easy on GFX, didn't you know? http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...&articID=5 23

What GFX was that? 7950 GTX? No way you'll run next gen games with max details, let alone medium detail! Geforce 8800 GTX already struggles with R6 (Unreal 3 engine) at 1600x1200 noAA!
That €750 gets a €350 VGA card boost and be able to play the latest games AND still be cheaper than your laptop!

come back to me when you tried Rainbow Six Las Vegas Max detail 1600x1200 , or when Crysis and Gears of War hit the market, then we'll talk:)

Why exactly did you buy that laptop anyway? you don't do LANs and you don't take it to work:p

Does your €750 system let you use it while on the road? On an airplane? While waiting at an airport for 6 hours? During and between your classes while on college campus for the entire day? It is certainly not as easy to pack and move to hotel rooms, and you still need to pack and PROTECT that monitor too. Your €750 system will never work in those scenarios.

I expect a laptop to be slower than an equivalent desktop. That is also not the point of this, just as "value" is not the point. Mobility while keeping the same functionality I wish to have in a desktop while I am on the go is the point. No cube/shuttle/qpack or similar desktop can do this.

my post got ignored :(

Any halfway decent laptop will let you browse the net and play movies, but as soon as you want to game things get ugly.

When I worked for people, all my laptops were free (company issued) because laptops are for lazy employees who do work during the 8 hour-day. So, they have to take the work home.:D

Today, you don't even need to haul the laptop back and forth from work and home. We have large capacity thumb drive :)

Okay, I have both laptop and desktop. I use them both depending on the situation. Why? It is because I "think" I need them both. Looking to get an iPhone too :)

not by me, just doesn't apply to me, don't need laptop for portability, don't need it for "on the plane", when I travel I tend to not way to be around a PC and enjoy holidays:)