going off to college... which is the best option?

Should I but a nice gaming desktop for ~1200 and a ~600 dell laptop or should I just buy a ~1200 laptop that can play games relatively well ( but not as good as the ~1200 one).

The desktop I had in mind is this: -

LOGISYS Computer CS888CL Transparent Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Pre-Assembled - Retail $59.99

ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $114.99


EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $384.99


XTRAC Ripper Optical Mouse pad - OEM $13.99


Rosewill RP550-2 ATX12V v2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail $66.99


Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model $274.99


CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel $77.00


Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $65.99


Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard - Retail $39.99


RAZER Copperhead Blue 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser Tempest Gaming Mouse - $55.99


SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black PATA Model SH-S202N - OEM
$29.99

Subtotal: $1,184.90

and the laptop I had in mind was a dell vostro 1400

Buy a desktop and a cheaper laptop. Here is a good list of stuff for a desktop. Better than your list (no offence).

Gigabyte DS3L- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059&Tpk=ds3l

OCZ GameXstream 600w PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341001

XFX 8800gts (G92) 512mb- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150261

Use those as your mobo, video card, and power supply, and combine that with the other stuff in your list.

cool

do you have any suggestions for the laptop? (anything better - more bang for my buck - than a vostro 1400?)