Laptops, for gaming?

[IAIHMB]

Well, the family computer is situated (remember the video card, motherboard, and case posts? :P) Now it's time for my toy. Just wondering, are laptops really cut out for gaming? A few things I've been thinking of:
-Laptops with decents size screens, ~"19, seem to be really expensive.
-Upgrading seems to be a pain in the ass, if not impossible.
- Video cards, do we have the same selection? AGP cards are getting their asses handed to them by PCI-E at half the price. :P
I guess I'm just looking for some insite. This will have to hold me over until I get a job (only 17, remember? :P) and fully fund my own computer. :P Thanks for any input.

[ViRaL1]

You've seen a laptop with a 19" screen? Some of the newer laptops have pretty decent AGP chipsets that should be find for gaming. Another thing you should look at is response time on the LCD (in ms).

[aanaravs]

I got an Inspiron 9100 with the following specs:
P4 3.2 w/ht
15.4 widescreen
1 gig ram
ATI 9700 Pro
60 gig 7200RPM HDD
and a bunch of other upgrades. It is definitely worth it for games (i bought it for editing)

[IAIHMB]

ViRaL1: Sub "19, it was just a guesstimate though. :P I want to stay away from AGP on my next computer, at least until some motherboards and video cards can come close to using it's full potential. :P

aanaravs: Have you tried playing any of the newer games, such as Doom 3 or Counter Strike: Source? If so, what settings were you running?

A laptop just don't seem right, the more and more that I read about them. I'm looking at this prebuilt from AlienWare http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51/area-51_features.aspx?SysCode=PC...de=SKU-DEFAULT In theory I could build the same system for a bit cheaper, but this theoretical crap never works out for me. :P Thanks for the help guys.

[Hardcoreruss]

In the States I think there is a company called voodoo, I have heard good things about their lappers.

[Faustus]

Alienware and Voodoo are nice but over priced for what you get. Look at a company called www.powernotebooks.com they have decent prices for some massive hardware.

Look them up on resellerratings because they have an incredible rating. They give a discount if you deal with cash.