I have a friend that wants a laptop for christmas but doesnt know where to go so he asked me. I have been out of the loop for awhile but I told him I knew some people that could easily hook him up with a good deal... fellow sharkys!

So here is what his needs are:
Needs to play Wow on max settings (easy to do)
15.4 inch wide screen
Will last a couple years
Needs to be under $1K

For that I thought he could get a nice C2D, good graphics, 80gig HDD, 2 gigs of ram, Vista or XP, and a decent case.

What brand would you go with? I have an Asus, but they seem to have gone up in price since I bought mine. Also Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, etc.

What would you buy? Thanks guys!