Just killed the bank balance buying a laptop from staples, the first time ive been in a computer shop where the people actually gave a crap about what was going on and didn't spend all day trying to sell me insurance! (although thats possibly because my dad knew the guy) gave me speed tests and demonstrations compared to other laptops and comparing 7 to xp. and decided to go with the Toshiba Satellite L650 (or something) with the intel i5 thingy, totally badass and doesnt take forever to do anything Hoorray! nice vibrant screen and lightweight.