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As the title says, I would like help choosing a laptop, criteria for choosing: Able to play Sc2
Under $1500 NZD
Must be able to be bought by people in NZ
And that's about it, I'm no god with computers, so any help is appreciated.

Most of the Laptops on this page will do the job you need:

http://www.dell.com/nz/p/laptops.aspx?c=nz&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn#!facets=42236~0~192303&p=1

Although personally i would stay away from the Ultrabooks, especially for gaming. I would recommend a Desktop over a laptop also, but if its a Laptop you want then Dell is pretty good, you can look at HP, ASUS, Toshiba also.

For SC2 and games that require similar resource needs look for a pc with at least and i5 processor, 4gb ram, and a 1 gb graphics card. that should run it smoothly and the majority of the laptops in that search above are below $1500 and has at least those specs.

I hope this is helpful for you.

I just picked up an ASUS G75 with an i7 processor and Nvidia 660M for under $1300 US. I guess that's just over your price range, but it runs SC2 beautifully with all settings maxed. You should be able to find a G74 series that will perform very well for a better cost.

You definitely want at least a gig of dedicated graphics memory. You'll also want a quad core processor, which is probably hard to NOT find these days. Intel i5 is probably best for cost concerns and should work fine. For reference, I'm running at 2.3GHz on my i7, though you'll probably want a higher speed on an i5.

Don't know if all these deals will work in NZ but as far as i know they should

http://dealzon.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-y570-coupon#lenovo-ideapad-y570-08626su

Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 08626SU Core i7-2670QM, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, GeForce GT 555M, Blu-Ray

currently $800 with deal

http://dealzon.com/deals/hp-dv6-laptop#hp-dv6t-select-ivy-bridge-core-i5-3rd-gen

HP dv6t Select Ivy Bridge Core i5-3210M (3rd Gen), 8GB RAM
Intel Core i5 - 8GB RAM - 750GB Storage - 15.6" Display

$619

http://dealzon.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-y580-coupon#lenovo-ideapad-y580-20994bu


Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 20994BU Ivy Bridge Core i7-3610QM (3rd Gen), 1080p Full HD, GeForce GTX 660M, Blu-ray, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
$1100

These are some pretty good deals honestly, the cheapest being $788 NZ and the most expensice one I posted going up to $1400 NZ