Laptop configuration to match desktop computor

[Quelch]

I’m building a new desktop computer

Designed with the help of people on this forum

From Deanodriver
On this forum

Quote:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 ($420, wait a week or two for pricedrops)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ($155)
RAM: 2GB A-DATA DDR2-667 kit ($150)
Video: GeForce 7300GT DDR3 ($100)
HDD: 500GB Seagate SATA ($175)
Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-212BK ($50)
Case: CoolerMaster RC-331 ($50 without PSU, $75 with)
PSU: CoolerMaster 430w extreme ($55)
OS: Windows XP or Vista, take your pick.

That's about $1150 without OS.
Plus about $400- for a new monitor
Maybe $200- for an OS upgrade

Total around $1,750 to $1,850- give or take a few dollars

I’m trying to convince a friend to do likewise but he wants a laptop

My question is:
Is it possible to get a laptop near this configuration for similar money i.e. around $2,000-

[SLATYE]

Are you sure you mean an E6600 there? They're already under $300, so paying $420 for one after the price-drop seems excessive. Perhaps you meant Q6600?

Getting performance around that level from a laptop will be hard. The GPU is easy - a Geforce Go 7600/700 or Radeon Mobility X1600/X1700 should be much the same speed. RAM is also not a problem. However, to compete with an E6600 you'd want at least a T7700 - and they're not cheap (about $850 for the CPU alone). Getting that sort of HDD space will also be completely impossible (you'd only get it in a desktop replacement system with two HDDs).

Pluscorp have (or did have, anyway. They may have sold out) some cheap Asus notebooks which would be reasonably close. Spend the money saved there on upgrading the RAM/HDD/CPU and you'd be pretty close to the right performance level.

[Quelch]

Thanks 'SLATYE',

If I can't convince my friend to build a desktop then the Asus may be the go for him !

Yes I did mean the E6600
Latest price from MSY $298-
I love saving money

Quelch