Best Bang for the Buck!!

This is an exceptional laptop though it does run hot on your lap so I got a laptop cooler just so it lifts it off my lap with circulation underneath and it keeps it cool enough so it doesn't shut down without using the usb fan which is great because I don't want to be listening to a usb fan when I'm working.

The first laptop I purchased at costco would crash when it got too hot because I had it directly on my lap without much circulation.

The laptop I have now with the cooler doesn't ever crash.

Another benefit that hasn't been mentioned is that there is room for 2 hard drives in the chassis. I put in another 250 gb laptop which is great since I am an avid photographer.

Vista handles smoothly with 3gb of ram yet it runs faster with 4 which I put in.

It handles photo editing programs with ease and it turns out that I was a Vista resistor but now I love it!

In total I spent $649.00 on the laptop after rebate and the only thing I am not completely satisfied with is the sound when playing  more

Lots of goodies

I recently bought this laptop for the bigger screen size,I didnt realize it had as many options installed as it does,I think its the first PC I have had that has its own remote.3 gigs of ram makes it fairly fast,pictures and movies look really good also,although the video onboard could be more powerfull,for an nvidia 7150m with a lot of ram it is only a 2.8 on gaming performance but 3.2 on standard graphics,I kind of hope a driver update in the future will help this out.One nice feature is the full size keyboard which is great for us hunt and peck types.All in all I really like the laptop.