So I'm thinking about buying a laptop, any suggestions?

[cheezgear]

I'm thinking about purchasing a laptop for myself soon, but I really have no idea where to look/where i could get the best deal. I don't want a netbook (keyboard is too tiny for my hands). I would mostly use it for homework/programming/Netflix streaming to an HD tv, so I would like for it to have an HDMI out. I would like for it to be able to play TF2 also, but its not exactly a necessity. I pretty much know to avoid any Intel graphics chips if I want to play any Direct3D games. Any suggestions of sites to buy through or which companies to look into/models to be interested in? Also, are there any specs I should specifically look for? I'm trying to spend $500-$600 or less.

[Yui]

Look at dell laptops

[MobsterOO7]

If you can afford to wait, watch the slickdeals RSS feed like a hawk. They usually have some great deals on laptops. When you see one you like just check out it's reviews with google and pull the trigger. That's how I got my laptop and it will probably be how I get my next one too.

[cheezgear]

I didn't know about slick deals at all. But it seems awesome for finding a great deal on a laptop, thanks!

[davidgreem]

According to me you can choose from wide range of avaliable varieties of laptops taking in to consideration following things such as

1.Brand preferred.
2.Features required.
3.Performance.
4.Suits to budget.