Since my Alienware laptop keeps making me spend money on it, I'm looking at replacing it. I'm seriously thinking about when my friend gets back from Iraq in June, going to a field somewhere and using my laptop for target practice.

I want to get a desktop eventually, but for now, I'm not ready to give up the portability of a laptop. I'm doing research, and I looked at a laptop for HP, Toshiba, Sony, and Gateway. Sony & Gateway are most likely out. I like the HP because it's slightly better and cheaper than the Toshiba, as well, as customizable, but out of all of the laptops, it has just a single video card, and the worst one of the bunch. Not a bad one, but the worst out of the ones I'm looking at. So I'm not sure how long it would last.

As far as brands go, what do you guys recommend? I'm not buying another Alienware or a Dell.

These are the two laptops I'm mainly looking at:
HP Pavilian dv9700t
Satellite X205

The HP, for about $2000, is just as good (if not slightly better) than my $3300 Alienware. <_<

*EDIT* The video card in both laptops is nagging me, after doing some research. I'm thinking about, rather than just buying a laptop outright, getting this one financed, and paying it off in 3-4 months. Get a better computer, and save some money right now.