Ever since I was in 4th grade I've been using the same Compaq Presario V6700. It came with Vista, but we upgraded it to Windows 7. Then we got an HP Pavilion, which became my brother's, so I got stuck wiht the former. I was never very happy with it's performance. Right now, it's in especially sorry shape. The only games I can play properly are ones that aren't graphically demanding, like freeware games, flash games in the browser, and SNES roms. Those games aren't bad, but it could be better if I had better performance. Now I'm a sophomore with a dying laptop. Thus, I've decided I'm never getting another HP laptop again. Ever. That begs the question: Which laptop should I get for black friday/Christmas/my birthday?

A desktop computer doesn't fit my lifestyle, let me put that out there first. I considered Macs, but they're too expensive and aren't as good for gaming. On the Newgrounds forums, I asked if Windows 8 tablets were good for gaming. If this was the case, one could become my main computer, and I could have USB ports for iPod syncing and stuff. The consolidated answer was: not unless it's the Razer Edge Pro. Here's a pic: 

But that thing costs a thousand bucks! No way I (or my family) can afford that!!!! And for another hundred each, you can get the button controller arms (shown) and a keyboard. This thing has 8G RAM, intel core i7 processor.

So then I went to Best Buy.com and looked for some good laptops. The two I'm debating about are:

Dell Inspiron

Toshiba Satelite (as of the time I'm making the post they are both out of stock on bestbuy.com)

What would you guys recommend? I'll list some key features I want:

-At least 4GB RAM

-Windows 8 installed

-Webcam on front

What store could I get it cheapest at, online or otherwise?

Also: could anyone tell me how to make a recovery partition? My hard drive got replaced, and "D:\" was not on the new one, so I need to make a recovery partition on my own, because potentially, I may want to factory reset the computer.