My mum has a Studio 17, they have WLED TFT screens so it hardly drains the power.
It has a 5 Cell battery so it goes for a good few hours.
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http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home...=ukdhs1&~ck=mn
Some of those are alrite, the tudio 15 is 475, pricey but will last your mate longer than a very very basic laptop would. Depends if he feels 125 pounds is worth spending now, comparedto the 300 pounds he will probably spend for a new one in two years :P
Well I dunno All I know is IBM Are super cheap Lenovo ( What I got ) are Brilliant and emachines are good caue ive got 2 of them as well.
That's an interesting proposition actually, those Studio 15s are fairly decent by the looks of it, ill have to have a chat with him :p
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/600419
That will play all them games, and more.
And it's at a great price. :)
I will not recommend a laptop with an AMD processor dammit! :P
Compaq do some decent machines. Just avoid Acer. They're the worst PCs ever, after owning 4 of them.