nona wroteAntiVirus Software:Norton Internet Security 2011 (3 year subscription), $99.99 extra = $2519.98
In my opinion, you're better without Norton. I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. Even if Norton was given for free, I'd remove it. But that's a different subject :)
Modern games are constantly requiring more powerful hardware. It all depends on the quality you like to play your games :)
On another note, I personally like Asus and MSI laptops. They are a better value of money in my opinion, with very good and excellent specifications (depending which model). Recent Samsung Notebooks are very good as well.
I suggest you search amazon.com for best selling laptops, and read some reviews :)
Best Luck!