Has anyone any advice on the best laptop to buy?

I am looking for a good laptop, that will handle games like the sims nightlife, zoo tycoon ect. I have seen one with the following specs and would appreciate any advice you can give me on buying a good laptop. I need plenty of space to install games and dont want it to be jerky when playing games. Also need one to play dvd's as good as a portable dvd player


Intel Core Duo T2300 Processor 1.66GHz





667 MHz FSB





2 MB Cache





1024 MB RAM





120 GB Hard Drive





DVD ReWriter MultiDrive





17'; HD Widescreen Brightview Display





Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition





256 MB nVidia GeForce Go7400 Graphics


This laptop costs 拢1.100





Is there much difference between the above laptop and the one below the one below is 拢849.00 both HP





AMD Turion64 ML-34 Processor 1.6GHz





1600 MT/s HyperTransport





1 MB Cache





1024 MB RAM





100 GB Hard Drive





DVD ReWriter MultiDrive





17'; HD Widescreen Brightview Display





Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition





128 MB ATI X200 Dedicated GraphicsHas anyone any advice on the best laptop to buy?
go for the HP 5118 , best Machine in market this time, would not sattle for less then this.Has anyone any advice on the best laptop to buy?
DELL are pretty good - you can specify exactly what you want. My sister and husband have one each and they are really pleased with them.