I got my new laptop a few days ago. My friend from my university found it for me, and it was such a good deal. It's SO much better than my old school one, much better specs, nicer screen, built-in webcam, and it doesn't get nearly as hot OR loud as my old one. It has Vista, while the old one has XP, which sucks, but I get Windows 7 for free when it comes out, so hopefully that will be better. Also, I'm not really picky about it, but this laptop just looks so nice, and my old one was crazy bland-looking. The best part is it only cost around 1,000 dollars total after tax and shipping. With my old one, I paid 1,500 dollars for the first YEAR alone for rental, and I didn't even get to keep it when I dropped out. What a ripoff. This computer, however, is much nicer for a way better price. Here's a link with specs and pics:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41036&vpn=GX620-411CA&manufacture=MSI/MicroStarKeep in mind that the price is in CDN, and not USD. It even came with a backpack and gaming mouse, and those items weren't even mentioned in the offer! I didn't even have to pay extra! Seriously, consider MSI if you want a laptop, they're amazing.