Nobody seems to produce the laptop that I want. :(

I doubt I am alone.
All I want is a Pentium-M laptop with an ATI Radeon 9600m.

After many hours of research, I have come across dozens of Pentium-4 and Pentium-4M laptops with Radeon 9600's, and plenty of Pentium-M laptops with ATI Radeon 7500/9000's and integrated graphics, and one--the Dell i8600--with a GF FX5650 Go.

What is the point in having a gaming laptop of you can't actually run any game for more than about two hours? Isn't portability the idea behind laptops?
Further, what is the point in getting a fast Pentium-M if it will be used strictly for office applications? I can run StarOffice/MSOffice/Visual C++ just fine on an AMD K6-300.

I think that Dell has the right idea (powerful, game-capable laptop that lasts longer than two hours on battery), just--they chose the wrong graphics processor, one which has been shown to be slow at least with Half-Life 2 and certain other DirectX-9 benchmarks. I doubt that a new driver will help much other than by reducing image quality.

I have heard about the new HP laptop that meets the specs listed, but HP is crap.

Gigabyte is apparently going to build just such a laptop, but they are very new in the market and are therefore a very risky choice. (That, and both the HP and Gigabyte laptops aren't available in the U.S. yet).

Does anybody make a laptop that fullfills these two relatively common, but rarely paired requirements? Please, help!

Thanks in advance.

The game-capable laptops that I have seen appear to have a terrible battery life regardless of the action. A PowerLaptops.com representative stated that the Sager 8890, which is a HUGE laptop, presumably capable of holding sizeable batteries, lasts perhaps two hours on battery.
I understand that the Pentium-M is no competition for a Pentium IV, but it is a capable chip that, when paired with a good 3D chip, should be able to holds its own. It's lower FSB performance isn't really the reason--the Athlon has a far slower FSB than the Pentium IV and outperforms it in many applications, particularly when paired with apps which have optimizations for the chip. It's a matter of architecture. The Pentium IV is horribly inefficient with its FSB bandwidth, thus having an extremely fast FSB plays a large part in its performance. While I have no information on the Pentium-M's efficiency with its FSB, I have little doubt that doubling the clockspeed of the FSB of either the Athlon or the Pentium-M would have very little effect on performance.
While the P4 is a respectable chip by any measure, the typical power usage at 3GHz is a staggering 89W, whereas the typical power usage of the not-quite-as-fast-but-close-enough PM@1.7GHz is merely 24.5W, or 6W (yes, SIX watts) when in power-saver mode@600MHz (which is fine for any office app).
I appreciate the advice that no modern laptop is ideal for gaming on battery. In that case, I would still like one that is more than capable when on A/C power, and has a good battery life when on battery (say, 4 hours-ish). It still seems that the P-M is a better choice for this.
That said, the Dell i8600 does seem almost ideal, except for of course the widely publicized DirectX 9 performance, which, from the numbers, appears to be about as fast as a dead slug stuck in frozen molasses.
Regarding the Inspiron i8200, most of those have the mobile P4 chips, which drain far less power than the desktop chips. (Which begs the question: Why not implement this in the desktop chips to reduce power consumption?).

Now, once a laptop like this does show up, I will of course have to research its game performance. If the P-M can't handle it, I will of course have to get something else, but here's hoping for both battery life and game abilities.

All that said, does anyone know of a possible release date for a P-M laptop with a R9600? I would greatly appreciate any knowledge the members here might offer.
You are all right--I have NEVER owned a laptop, and honestly do not know what my usage patterns will be. I can only guess, and ask those that are in similar situations for their advice.

Thanks, Alt. You bring with you, hope!
VoodooPC is a bit pricey compared to Sager, but if they bring what the people demand (or at least are one of the first to resell it), more power to them.