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Computer recommendations please!

by xohoshi Jul 2, 2009 6:32AM PDT

I will be starting college at an art school for graphic design in a couple weeks and they didn't offer any recommendations.

Macs are out of the question since I can't play any of my video games and it's a big part of my life. I looked at the Alienware m17x all maxed out (with like Intel Extreme and all those cool looking specs) and it turned out to be almost 6,000 bucks. Ouch. But I really want something that can run huge programs and games.

I want to be able to:
1. Run programs from Adobe CS3 package.
2. Play Oblivion smoothly without issues. (So like an awesome graphics card.)
3. Must be a laptop or a desktop replacement.

My budget is around 3,000 to 3,500. I know I'm being picky but it's worth a try. Thank you ahead of time