I just bought a new laptop about a week ago, its the HP Pavilion Notebook ZD8205US
17in wide screen, P4 2.8 ghz, 512 meg ram. Really nice lap top. Its is big and bulky, but its just like having a portable desktop. Only $1200 from circuit city.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pa...oductDetail.do
I got it over something smaller because I wanted to be able to do everything away from home that I can do at home and this thing fit perfectly.