What laptop should i buy?

[nslay]

The real question is, what are you looking for?  What do you need a laptop for?
Reasons a laptop benefits me:
1) I travel a lot with it
2) I can bring it to class and meetings with a professor I work with
3) Overall, the wireless and portability is a conveniant mixture whether at home or on the go

I mostly work with desktop applications and not so much gaming.

The T series Thinkpad is also very slim (maybe not as slim as the X series), durable and light which makes a noticeable difference from carrying around a 10-15 lb brick.

Now if you're looking for a gaming station as well as portability, maybe a desktop replacement fits your needs, or maybe a combonation of a laptop and desktop works.  If you're looking for portability and are working with desktop apps mostly, then a laptop is probably just fine. If you carry it around quite a bit, maybe a T or X series Thinkpad is for you...not sure what Dell has in terms of lightweight, but you could look there too.  Although, I think Thinkpads are much more durable and secure, their keyboard is more comfortable and their tracker mouse (the red thingy in the middle of the keyboard) is famous for its comfort and control, in fact a set of different tracker rubber thingies come with it for your taste.  Personally I like the touchpad or I use a regular mouse.  The keyboard may not be worth a lot monetarily but the touch and feel of the thinkpad's keyboard is much better than the Dell or HP laptop keyboards.