Check out my new laptop, the Dell Inspiron 1720.
http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs
Just got it over the Christmas break.
17" screen, Vista (Vista is not the best for gaming, XP Pro is) 2 GB RAM, Intel Duo Core 2 GHz, built in Wi-Fi, lots more.
Got it for a tad under $1.5K.
You can get better vid cards with it, but since I am not doing hardcore gaming (built a super PC for that also over the Christmas break) the Nvidia 8400 card is good enough.
http://www.pnw4runners.com/new_pc/1.jpg
The 17" screen looks a little small compared to the 22" screen to the far left.
So far I am really digging the laptop.