looking for a laptop to play some games

i'm selling my desktop (sob), and I would like a decent laptop, in the 500-600 Euro range, that can play some games, namely Plants Vs Zombies and Rome: Total War.

also, does anyone have any suggestions as to what other good games would run on such a laptop?

Most, if not all, newer low range laptops would be able to play both of those games without problems. Rome Total War is an older game, and while I know of a few onboard GPU's that could handle it, I would suggest a dedicated card instead. If you care if its new you can look at refurbished materials from places like Dell, HP, IBM and so on.