Well for around the $900 - $1,000 mark in the US, you can get a gaming laptop. All the above laptops are horrible.
I looked around and these are the specs I came up with from
this place:
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.00GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Memory: 4GB [4GB x 1] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory] - Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 2GB 3D Video
Primary Hard Drive: 500 GB 5400rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Laptop Hard Drive
Optical Drive: 8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [CZ-12]
Flash Media Reader / Writer: Built-in 3-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Laptop]
Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card: Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN [Laptop]
Internal Wireless Network Adapter: 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Combo [CZ-12]
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit
USB Ports: Built-in 2x USB 2.0 Ports + 1x USB 3.0 Port [Laptop]
Carrying Case: Free Deluxe Carrying Case
Video Camera: Build-in 1.3 Mega Pixels Digital Web Video Camera
Warranty: Standard Warranty Service - Standard One(1) Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support
Total Price: $914.00 (Excluding Postage)
Hope that helps