To keep this short,
I own and tried most of the popular laptop brands except for Dell, including:
- HP ZT1290, 1.8ghz northwood, 15" 1400x1050
- Toshiba P100, Core Duo 1.6, 17", 1440x900
- Toshiba U205-S5002, Core Duo 1.66, 12", 1280x800
- Asus F3F, 15", Core 2 Duo 1.66ghz, 1280x800
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