The best laptop is this in my opinion, becouse its only a 12" screen, which is incredible for whats in it. look for yourself.  its a dell xps somthing-er-rather. can you believe it? a dell making a great laptop. Components  PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2.33GHz/667MHz/4MB)  OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional  A/V COMMUNICATION PACKAGE Integrated Webcam and Mobile Broadband Antenna  MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)  HARD DRIVE 160GB SATA Hard Drive edit  OPTICAL DRIVE 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capabilit VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7400 TurboCache™   WIRELESS OPTIONS Hi Speed Wireless Bundle: Dell Draft N Wireless, Netgear Draft N router  Accessories  BATTERY OPTIONS 9-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery  POWER OPTIONS Duracell 90-Watt Auto/Air Adapter  NOTEBOOK ESSENTIALS Save $45! Flash Drive, Surge Protector, Mini Mouse, Lock   SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition  MOBILE BROADBAND Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband (CDMA EVDO) Mini-Card for Verizon Wirel   BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)  BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Dell Bluetooth Keyboard and Optical Mouse  BLUETOOTH OPTIONS ExpressCard Media Remote for Bluetooth-enabled Notebooks   WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT Logitech Wireless Music System for PC  WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT ExpressCard Media Remote for Bluetooth-enabled Notebooks   TV TUNER & REMOTE CONTROL External USB TV Tuner w/Remote Control  EXTERNAL STORAGE Buffalo 1 TB TeraStation Network Attached Storage (NAS)   Software  PRODUCTIVITY No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD  ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY Trend Micro PC-cillin with Wireless monitoring and Spyware removal 15-month  DELL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT Deluxe pack- Music & photo: Corel Photo Album, MusicMatch Plus, Games  GPS NAVIGATION Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 with GPS Locator  Service  WARRANTY AND SERVICE SAVE $70 with Dell Gift Card 4Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Srvc + Nights and Weekend  PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 4Yr Lim Warranty   DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS 6 Months of America Online Membership Included  ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM  Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem   Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0   Miscellaneous Award Winning Service, Support   Future Operating Systems Windows Vista™ Capable   Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor  as for budget goes, my laptop is a great deal. 1.1 grand for 2 CPU's 1.83 ghz each, 2 GB of RAM, 130 GB of ROM, and media center edition   its the one said before, a Satellite a105-s4114 Toshiba.