[lostdude]

I'm planning on getting a laptop before I head to college but I can't find a place to customize it the way I want it; i/e without all the extra crap.

I want it with an AMD 64 processor, at least 1G RAM, and a nice graphics card.

I'll buy an external hard drive because I don't need all my games and music with me and I can cram the internal one with school stuff.

I was looking at HP because they have the expansion dock with the internal 160G HD, charging capabilities, and a lot of ports for various media/whatever. And they're one of the few companies I've seen which offer the AMD processor.

I'd love to spend under $1500 on the laptop itself. Any help/advice or should I just take out a loan and sell my siblings into slavery?