Pros: Latest Gen of Centrino CPUs (with 1033Mhz FSB) BLUE RAY Disc player 9600GT with 512Mb DDR2 VRAM 17'' WXGA+ (i.e. can do full HD)

Cons: Bronze Color (not a major factor). 5400rpm HD. Finger print magnet. Some bloatware (not a major issue).

Overall Review: First let me say that I very, very rarely give 5-star rating to any product; however, this product has met and exceeded all my expectations. 1. The nVidia 9600GT might not be able to play Crysis maxxed out, but it surely runs my favorite games in high with no overheating whatsoever. Plays DDO and Runes of Magic flawlessly on high detail settings. Definitely a pretty darn good performer for the slightly above casual player. However, you sholdn't expect desktop-grade game performance. 2. The screen is beautiful and ample. Colors are well defined and properly saturated. 3. Blue Ray Disc. Yup ... you have a full HD capable LCD screen why not put it to good use? :) BTW, it looks astonishing. 4. CPU (Perynn) with 1066Mhz FSB is (are) very snappy and and perform very well. 5. a/b/g/n WiFi adapter. Gb Ethernet adapter. Bloatware is never a problem for me. I simply run msconfig, take out of the boot sequence and then uninstall them at my leisure. This is a great laptop. Period

Pros: Super easy to setup. Very, very, very fast. My laptop had a Windows Experience Index of 5.9 for the hard drive (7200rpm, mind you). After installing this drive, the hard drive score is capped @ 7.9. No joke. It also had the nice side effect that it added about 1-2 hours of battery life, in my very anecdotal testing.

Cons: None that I've found as yet.

Overall Review: I cannot speak of migration utility, drive tools or firmware because I installed it right off the box.

Pros: Pretty nice machine. Runs my biz applications super fast. Runs most MMOs (except for AoC, of course). In fact, I'm using this laptop to level all my toons in Warhammer Online. Runs OK on "balanced" settings, and runs very smooth on "performance" settings. Great price. Great screen.

Cons: Windows Vista 64 (ugh!). Loads and loads and loads and loads and loads of HP-included bloatware. Took me north of three hours to wipe all of that off. A tad slower than its Turion X2-based sister.

Overall Review: Over all, I'm pretty satisfied with this machine. Looks very sleek yet sturdy. Good performance. Plays most games at good-enough settings. Pretty good value for a home/school/business machine.

Pros: Very comfortable. Very good sound quality (at this price). Pretty good noise isolation. Highly adjustable (even for big-headed folks like yours truly).

Cons: Ear pads (the ones that surround your ear) is felt-like, velvet-like and it collects hair and dust particles. Usually not a big problem if you clean them often.

Overall Review: I was very hesitant to buy any Creative products dueto bad experiences in the past. However, given the glaring reviews (in this site and other places on the net) and the affordable price, I decided to give Creative a second chance and boy I'm glad I did. This is a fantastic headset. Great sound quality, they sit comfortably on my ears, they isolate most of the "outside" noise. Also, since they're pretty neutral-looking (unlike its Fatality sibling) I can bring them to my work place and not draw any attention. In short, a great value all around.