Need laptop purchase advice please

[ukebec]

Okay - can I ask you guys to talk to me as if I were 5 years old? Should I just wait and save my moolah for a dedicated graphics card? I'm such a techno-doofus that I really don't know what I'm doing and I don't want to spend money on something that won't give me optimal POTCO game performance.

I'm perfectly fine with waiting if I can have a suggestion of what video (card? type?) I should be shooting for.

And thank you all again. I hate to be a bother, but I don't want to shell out hard-earned dollars for something that's going to cause hair-pulling in the long run.

I admit I'm totally out of my depth here and need guidance to the nth degree. I guess, what I'm asking, is: if you were shopping for a new laptop, what specs would you be looking for?