@Tofas
1. No, notebooks tend to be a bit bigger and heavier. Name was given to get around the assumption that you can put it on ur lap. Thus, avoiding court cases involving burns. Google: MacBook Pro women burns
4. There are plenty of laptops that have admirable specifications, however within his £600 range... I see your point.
5. Sane people with warrenties don't internally upgrade laptops - they buy USB stuffs instead.
6. No modern laptop doesn't have a USB port - perfect for normal mouses.
@Zildo
Eh? You've got me totally confused. Something you said 'before'?, but you've not made a post on this thread before me and XXXXX didn't mention his intentions for the system. Maybe its you that was tired?
@XXXXX
Lets be realistic for a second. You've told us that you want to play games and your looking for a perfomance system, yet you've neglected to mention the key selling points of a laptop; portability, weight, size, battery usage, and connectivity. Personally I think you want a lappy for the novelty rather than having the system out of need.
Let me give you a few case studys...
The Leo:
I use a laptop and I'm merely at college - but I take it to every lesson and use it in every class (I don't use paper... too heavy). Mine is also one of the smallest, lightest with longest battery life lappys you can get. (I'm small, feeble and work for hours on end). If your doing something similar, consider an 'ultraportable'.
The sweaty geek with no sense of work:
This guy comes to my computing class with a 'desktop replacement' laptop. The only thing I've seen him load on it is MSWord, VBE and Call of Duty 2. Obvious waste of money since the thing is only used for four hours a week to do the above. Also it doesn't help that it needs constant charging during class and theres around 60 better spec'd PC's all around him.
Casual gamer:
This student plays lots of games... too many. He works hard, but only on paper. He does homework at home, on his gaming desktop PC. Suitable for almost every student out there. His system was a cheap thing too.
Basically the point I'm trying to get across is that you should only be thinking about a laptop at Uni if your me. Gaming and performance are things suited to desktop PC's - which is right for YOU since you've not mentioned actually doing any work. I understand that your dorm room maybe small, but you can get slimline desktops to meet with that need.
Only consider a laptop if theres an actual NEED to do so such as working on the move. Otherwise you will prolly be carrying a jaugernaught around with you all day.
/Leo