I'm going to college tomorrow and I'm going to see if I need a laptop for college or not. I need a good overall computer that would be good for gaming/school work. I can have a budget to about $1100 if I get a job. But basically I need a cheap to decent priced laptop with good battery life and good for gaming/home with good durability. I heard Asus is good but I haven't found a cheap one. I also heard a good cheap gaming one is alienware, which I find pretty ironic. Anyone has any suggestions for one about $600 to about $1000? The cheaper the better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117780&Tpk=34-117-780
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220340
Those laptops are $1200
If you don't care about heavy gaming
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147743
Gaming laptops are not cheap. I would say you are going to need $1000+ for gaming laptop
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dydwhr2&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&kc=features~featured_red_deal
That laptop is mine