Originally Posted by NetHorse

Nice, thanks for the heads-up fellas.

Well, I'm looking at an HP laptop right now. I'm worried about a ton of 'bloatware' though. Do the Acer's come preloaded with a lot of garbage?

This is the HP laptop I'm considering ordering.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...810&aoid=35252

and I got a coupon code from here making it just under $1049 including shipping
http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/218054

17inch screen
i7 1.6ghz/2.8ghz
1gb radeon
500gb 7200rpm
6gb ram

What do you guys think?