I'd say to save up to be able to afford a better one.
Hi, I'm a college student and am looking at my first laptop. I don't have wads of cash to blow on a laptop, but I'm looking at the Dell Inspiron 6000d. I am a gamer so I will go for the 128MB Ati X300 card...is it a good choice? Are there better laptops available for the $1400 - $1600 range? Gaming and Wireless are my concerns.

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