Need help w/ choosing laptops!

I'm trying buy a laptop solely for GAMING (don't care about touchscreen and stuffs). I want to be able to run games like dragon age, the witcher...., and the price for the laptop should be about $1000. Please help me pick the BEST laptop cause I'm pretty clueless. There' re some pretty sweet deals for college students that caught my eyes:
_Macbook 13-inch : 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz 4GB 1600MHz memory 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive1 Intel HD Graphics 4000 Built-in battery (7 hours)2
Configure - Apple Store for Education (U.S.)

_Lenovo IdeaPad Y410p: Up to 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor Windows 8 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT750M 2GB graphics Up to 8GB DDR3 memory (user-upgradeable to 16GB) Up to 1TB HDD + ptional 24GB SSD Up to 5 hours' battery life Up to 14" HD (1600x900) widescreen display Starting at 5.5 lbs / .59" thin
IdeaPad Y410p High-Performance 14" Multimedia Laptop from Lenovo | Lenovo (US)

_Dell Inspiron 17R Non-Touch: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3537U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz) 17.3 HD+ (900p) WLED with Truelife (1600x900) 8GB7 DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz 1TB 5400 RPM Hard Drive Intel® HD Graphics
Member Purchase | Inspiron 17R Laptop | Dell

PS: You can also recommend me to other laptops and show me how you customize them. Thanks in advance!

 

Not a PC gamer those games you mentioned unless they are for Mac I don't recall Witcher was on Mac but if it is I don't recall. You need to have PC laptop to run those games AFAIK.

Sounds impressive but a Sager or iBuyPower Valkyrie might offer higher level gaming system but those will and can climb from 1K to 2K with options for more hard core gaming. I have to repost that other system but for now 2gig GPU might not be enough I would see if one had at least 4gig of GPU dedicated RAM.

Stay away from anything other then a discrete GPU for gaming Intel HD works for a majority of non-GPU intensive apps but for gaming it doesn't fly here. IMO

So there is Sager and iBuyPower Valkyrie but there is also Dell Alienware for the Gaming users as well. But to me those are the high end for core gaming. There probably more but as you get more and more core gaming the system gets heavier and most costly FYI.

 

Best for gaming? Don't know...

But the best platform of the bunch is the Lenovo you've spec'd.


But you really seem to have no clue - you've chosen a 13" fruity notebook without a gpu - a 14" platform with great hardware and a 17.3" behemoth with a weak (very weak) cpu with on board graphics once again.


I think you have to supply the posters who game the type of specific gaming YOU do - whether it will be plugged in or on battery and also if the size/weight of the screen and/or system is a concern.


For the $1K range, that Lenovo is hard to beat - especially if your games need cpu AND gpu horsepower to run optimally.


Good luck.

 

Wow, you're way over the map with those choices... But anyway, MBP != gaming, so that's one choice you can immediately throw out (overheating issues, lack of Windows, specs aren't so great for your needs and price).

It'd be helpful if you filled out this sticky: http://forum.notebookreview.com/wha...ould-i-buy-form-must-read-before-posting.html