recently ive seen a lot of good reviews, and spoken to a few people who have said that dragon age origins is a great game. i would really like to get in on tthe action but sadly i do not own a high end gaming pc. my laptop has higher specs than the mimimum requirements, but doesnt meet the recomended requirements.  
not being able to run a game on the recomended setting always leave me reluctant to buy it, so ive been thinking about getting it on the xbox 360, but i havnt really been able to find much as far as console version specific reviews. 
could someone help me make an informed decision? or atleast let me know how the console version handles. 
 
thanks guy/girls.

The PC version is quite a bit better then the console versions and I can't really tell you how the PC version will run for you without knowing your laptops specs.

PC VERSION, DEFINITELY!

PC version seems to be the way to go if your laptop can handle it. There's a quicklook on both PC and console version of the game here on GB.

get pc version

PC, I'm stuck playing it on the Xbox, but it still fun. Most of the area of effect mage spells are a little difficult to use with the limited camera angle.

I own the 360 version, but I recommend the PC version. It just seems as if it was made for it. If you wanna chill on the couch and don't care too much about intense strategy, go with the 360 version though. If you wanna get all you can from it, go PC. 
 
To answer your question: 360 version is great. Nothing wrong with it at all, PC version is just all around a little easier to control at times and better graphics.

I like all the people just saying play it on the PC without reading your specs.
 
In your case, 360 is the way to go. I personally quit playing my 360 version since I really needed those hotkkeys I felt. But it wasn't terrible and I do have a gaming PC which nudged me to sell it to a friend for 30 bucks and then grab it off of steam

I own the 360 version and it's great but if I had an awesome PC I'd buy that version. It was rare that I had to use intense strategy, but when I did every so often I would have difficulty targeting who I wanted to. Also it would be better if I didn't have to deal with radial menus.
 
 Still fantastic.

 @joshy9411:
 
I have the 360 version but it all comes down to the power of your PC. If your PC will run it well then get the PC.... 
 
Wait hasn't this subject been repeated to death over and over? EVERYBODY already knows the PC version is better if you have a good enough PC.  
 
Why don't you? Its been repeated over and over whats the point in asking the question again? Sheesh!

If you have the option, I hear that the PC version is better.

I think it should run just fine on your lappy. For my desktop I'm running old WinXP 32 bit, 2 gigs of 667mhz RAM, GeForce 9600GT 512MB, and I've got the old E6300 core2 duo CPU at 1.8 and I can run DA with everything set on high with solid frame rates. Granted that's only at 1280x1024 resolution but it still looks great and runs really smooth. 
Bioware spent @ a year refining the PC code while they were doing the conversion for consoles, so the grphx engine really scales well to mid/lower specced rigs. 

I've got the 360 version, its not the best looking game but you'll get over that in an hour or so. So if your PC can handle it go for that if not the 360 version is great as well.

PC>PS3>360 in that order

PC>PS3=360 in that order

" PC>PS3=360 in that order "

Even if it doesn't run that well on your PC, if you can get around 20fps I'd say go for it.  It doesn't run that well on the consoles anyway.
The PS3 version has a 20-25ish frame rate and the 360 version has 25-30 frames with a really low draw distance and a blur filter over a lot of textures.

The better gameplay would be worth the performance loss even if it ran worse than the console versions.
Console version: the camera is always positioned behind your controlled character and you have a low number of hotkeys.
PC version: The camera has the option of an overhead camera and click-to-move RTS like controls, mouse-drag selection of party members and a better UI.
 
Oh yeah, and Mods.

The PC version has an easier-to-use interface. I'd say get it for the PC because the 360 version's visuals aren't very good, and it won't be much smoother than your PC version either. Anything above 20FPS is quite playable, especially because of the pausing during combat.