Pros: Display is beautiful. Really good transfer rates. Can game like a pro. Plays Mirror's Edge, WoW, HL2, Portal in the highest quality. Windows 7. Has Num Pad. Cool default features like Eco Power which uses the lowest settings possible and saves your energy. Speakers are okay at quite settings. Graphics card is really good. (1gb DDR3!!) Core Duo 2. (Works beautifully, and really, you don't need a processor better than this. It works for what you need it for.) You easily delete all the extra Toshiba programs, IF YOU LIKE. I kept most of them because they are nice to have, like the video sidebar. (Though it's a little annoying at first. I put mine on the right side just under where the menu bars and exit button would be. (Since I never use the scroll bar, I put my mouse on the left side and use the scroll wheel. It's habit I formed; It suits me nice.)) Small HDD. When I got this, I thought it would be practical, but now i see that I'm already using half of the memory

Cons: ANNOYING BEEP WHEN USING THE MOVIE BUTTONS! (You can turn them off, so really it's not a big deal. To turn them off go to Control Panel>Sounds>Right Click Speakers>Properties>Levels>PC Beep. I found if you turn it all the way off your experience will drastically improve. The volume buttons on the top are handy, but they only go up and down by 2%. So they are not a useful on the desktop, but in games they are nice. I'm sure there is way to change it but, alas I have not found any such thing thus far. Battery life BLOWS. Get the upgrade. I hear you can go up to 5 hours of use. Granted, if you use this to game, I'm sure you won't need to have that extra power, because you'll be inside most of the time next to a wall with power. I got the free carrying case. It feels to closed in, and I can barely put my mouse and charger in there. Though, it was free and it saved me 20$. Small HDD. When I got this, I thought it would be practical, but now i see that it's not.

Overall Review: The pros most definitely out weigh the cons. Buy this laptop if you are a gamer, use Photoshop, download lots of stuff,and have an agenda of epic proportions. I'm an avid user of PC's and I can praise the time and energy put into this specific laptop.