ASUS A8 Series 14.0" Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 1GB Memory DDR2 667 Windows XP Media Center 90NITA113144241L201Y

Pros: The price. A comparable Dell system would be $2000+
This thing is the best balance of portable and powerful you could hope to find. The size is just right, not ultraportable but not too big. It's nice and light too. And the WXGA+ screen is very hard to find in a laptop priced this low. Full size keyboard makes typing very easy. The ATI X1700 video card is very capable when paired with this system - I ran Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 on it at high settings without a hitch... high FPS count. And on top of that, while the side exhaust was hot, the laptop itself stayed cool! Comes with a 2 year parts and labor warranty. The extras are nice... a decent case, and a decent mouse. Windows CD is included, which is nice because I hate dealing with recovery partitions. Excellent laptop for the price.

Cons: While I can't stress enough how happy I am with this laptop, nothing in this world is perfect, so here's the downside:

-Battery life: only lasts about 2-2.5 hours.

-Screen: Bright, crisp and beautiful - but the viewing angle isn't great.

-Keyboard: full size is nice, but the row of keys bordering the outside of the keyboard's right side is annoying because I usually automatically go there for the backspace key (which is just inside of that outer row)... and like everyone's mentioned, the function key is in the bottom left corner, with the ctrl key next to it. Irritating. And then the windows key is right next to the smallish ctrl key, meaning I hit it by mistake sometimes when gaming. Also irritating.

-Touchpad: looks cool being flush with the rest of the laptop, and with it's integrated buttons... but I'd rather have a pad where I can really feel the outer borders. Right now I tend to hit it with my palm when I'm typing, which makes my cursor move around. Distinct buttons

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Also, while built well, the chassis does seem a bit flexible, so this isn't a beater... treat with care, at least somewhat. And the outside tends to scratch easily.

Other downside: 1GB of RAM, 2GB max. This is the ONLY downside in the specs. It runs great now but I'm still planning on buying 2GB of RAM and selling my current sticks.

Overall though, this laptop is GREAT, with an amazing price and specs and great extras. Amazing capabilities and a really great balance of portability and performance. I bought it and don't regret it.

Pros: This is a great laptop overall, the power you get for the price is would be a 1800+ laptop. The 2.0G duo core 2, 1gb ram, 120gb hd, blue toothe, ehanced resolution screen are all winners. Good for web to gaming with the x1700 video card. Overall great package.

Cons: Vertical veiwing angle on screen is weak, you really have to center in. The fan on this laptop is the the most annoying part. It spins full throttle constantly and is loud while the ocmputer is idle, and even louder if you game. I have a laptop with a more powerful video card in at now, and its almost silent. This laptops card is as loud as my desktop unit. Very annoying if your in a quiet room.

Touch pad is about the worst I seen. One button, so you have to go far left or right to select the which you want. Very stick.

Overall Review: If you doing noise, this laptop has great specs. Be careful thought. Newegg will not let you return it, so if you think the noise level is a defect due to the card Never spinning down, you have to deal with Asus. You buy it your stuck with it.

Thats why I give it 3 stars, loud noisy fan. The competition makes a much quieter laptop.

Look on online auction site, ill be putting it up there.