My HP Pavilion laptop was pretty inexpensive, with its price point being just under a grand. It has a 60 GB hard drive, a 1.4 GH Intel Celeron processor, and about 500 MB of RAM. Hardware also includes a CD player and burner, and a DVD player with the appropriate equipped software.
I, personally, do not have a problem with its lack of ability to run super-programs. It was bought with only internet portability and word-processing in mind. But I also found that it is excellent in programming, and is an excellent portable DVD player. The Celeron processor is not as bad as critics say it is, it runs almost as fluently as a Pentium 4, with only one of the few problems being that it can't run as well when running programs that take a huge bite out of RAM and processing power.
For all of those High-tech gaming capabilities, I could just buy a Playstation or Xbox, both are which a fraction of the price point of a super gaming PC.
In my opinion, my laptop suits me perfectly, and it doesn't matter what price a laptop is to me, as long as it fits my capabilities, and satisfies my need to complete a task.
