Where are you from? I mean city, cause me and my friend are looking too and perhaps we could hook and order 3 together, getting a better deal. I am from Bangalore.
If you are looking for a long lasting business laptop, then noting like a Dell Vostro or Latitude. You should be able to configure both within your price range.
Dude i want a laptop which can run applications like, Oracle 10g, Sql server 2008, Visual studio 2008, Vss etc. At the same time i want to play a few games as well...suggest me some....and how abt my choices? Which one is better to go for?
if you can source it from US then you can look at alienware laptops would fall in your budget range, plus you can look at the dell alienware collaboration for gaming laptops and with dell you can opt for international warranty and rest assured because dell after sales service is kick ass.