I plan to play extremely casually, as I have to focus on school ;) Probably a little WoW and some other games, not any of the super demanding new games (other than maybe Call of duty 4).

As for the whole wireless thing, I plan to hook it up for online use using a router which I'll purchase, because I have this computer as well. I'll go wireless for the laptop of course. In the past I remembered having problems with my wireless keyboard on my main computer (stuff like it not working well if I'm using the wifi). My phone operates on 2.4ghz as well. Are these things I should worry about, or is there anything I can do to help with it? Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm in the market for a laptop and I'm not 100% sure on everything about them. Its going to be mainly for school and such, but I want to it to run games decently. Theres a couple I noticed, both with geforce 8600m cards. One was an Acer (which I was informed by my friendly neighborhood futureshop associate that would break if I moved it due to being so poorly made, and heating to the point of catching fire or death.)

The other was a HP DV9644, he mentioned that this one was much nicer, had a 17 inch screen and a few other nice things.

The only real difference between the two is that the HP is 200 dollars cheaper, has a larger screen, and doesn't break. I plan to add a Product Service Plan (3 year warranty = 300 dollars). Is the Acer actually that bad? and should I forgot casual gaming altogether on a laptop due to heat and power usage? I know the larger screen sucks more power, and that it has an 8 cell lithium.

I'd appreciate feedback from all of you. Thanks.