I tend to find that most windows based laptops are very cheaply made with plastic that bends easy. You think if your strapped for time most of the gaming would be done at home since most busy parents wouldn't have time for mobile gaming but to each his own. IMO i would look into building a small itx gaming rig and go from there. I just don't see how using a laptop for gaming is going to make anything faster for you other then if you like to pull out your laptop at work and start playing games. Most games your going to want a mouse (playing a mmo with a touchpad is a nightmare).
If you like to game on the couch as your kids play. You will still need a table for the mouse and so a super hot laptop isn't sitting on your lap. So now whenever you game you need to spend 5-10 minutes setting up a spot for everything and having a AC adapter going across the room. And gaming on the go isn't really much of a option since you going to cut battery life in half by being under load. Your not going to be very happy with a windows base gaming laptop for under 1k. And anything that is small / powerful is going to be around 2-3k. And it's still pretty much just a mobile desktop since whenever you game you need the AC adapter plugged in for full hardware power and a mouse. Build the ITX gaming rig and get a 3ds for on the go.
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