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This, but you can always get a decent PC!

What shit are you smoking? Indie and source games? This laptop barely cost me £350, and it's good enough to play a lot of recent games, even if it aint on high settings. It only takes one look at my screenshots to realise that you are gonna be able to play way more than "indie and source" games on a laptop for that price.

My laptop was $300 USD and I can play most games without lag, ever stuff that just came out this year.... you logic = fail

This actually doesn't seem too bad, im not sure how good/bad the video card is but the rest will run current gen games pretty well the only downside is being a laptop ventilation and cooling might cause issues over time if your playing new games at high gfx options.

EDIT: Though like others have said i would advise investing in to a nicer desktop for gaming :)

That box specs out rather well, if you're willing to put up with the s**t that Dell Support will put you through when something breaks and the slow driver updates from AMD. (And then there's the chicklet keyboard on any new notebook.)

My primary box is a 2009 Sager NP8662 that WAS a high-end rig in it's day. By comparison, synthetic benchmarks rate the linked notebook at approx 2x my CPU & about 10% behind my GPU (P9600 & GTX 260M vs. i5-3210 & Radeon 7730M).

I haven't installed current mainstream AAA titles like Metro 2033 yet, but the only thing I HAVE installed that I need to turn down the settings on is Railworks Train Simulator (niche AAA). Crank that one all the way up and it'll take a GTX 560M to single-digit FPS. The most stressful indie title I've installed is Endless Space, and I have no problems with it on 'Fantastic' (Ultra) settings.

Right, because the difference between a normal laptop and a gaming one is just the price.