I'm currently using an ASUS G73 gaming laptop. The one I found is a bit above your price range but well worth it. These machines are awesome and ASUS's warranty plan is by far one of the best around imo.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4904410&CatId=3998
My legacy name is Cal'es. I chose this because my birth name is Cales so to remember it I've kept it in some shape or form since I started gaming years ago. I put the apostrophe just to add some star wars style to it.
Just wanted to let everyone know that the name Azràel is up for grabs on The Shadowlands. For those that don't know you hold alt and type 133 for the special a. Good luck. Please post if you take this name. Thankyou.
The names I am proud to have are
Traxium, Sypherius, Shapiro, Dàxus (which is the only name I had to accent from server merges), Daimos, Azràel (this is the second game I've had to accent this one and it's usually my main character).
ToRHead is messed up right now (missing a skill in the madness tree) but here's a screenshot of my madness build.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh164/flamesofentropy/Azragraveellvl55build_zps6b78ab71.jpg~original
Noone said anything about a ship. There are mailboxes right as you start each character which you can use to mail items if you have a character just for that.