Originally Posted by
Cyanotical
well, for starters, you need to decide what size, common are 15" and 17" with smaller 11", 13" and 14" sizes being in the ultrabook range, and larger 18" and 22" being in the workstation/production range
for gaming you want something with a discrete graphics card, most are using Nvidia cards, and of them, you want to make sure it's a GTX model and not a GT
brands to avoid generally are based on customer support, of those, Asus and MSI, that being said, Asus and MSI both make some of the best notebooks, but if there is a problem you will not be having a fun time dealing with their support lines