Help me choose a $2000 and $3000 laptop

568overclocked

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My office is looking to purchase a laptop for under $3000. Also another laptop for under $2000.
Our needs is mainly multimedia, for streaming audio/video and encoding audio/video. It will also
be used for some graphic intensive work.

Should we go with a P4 or P4-M cpu?

The specs I was looking for

P4-M 1.5ghz or higher OR P4 2.8ghz or higher
512mb or more of DDR sdram
60gb or more hard drive
64mb or more for video card
dvd+/- recorder
usb 2.0
10/100 ethernet
15.4" or bigger screen

preferred to also have -
sound card with headphone jack, microphone in jack and line jack
firewire
wireless 802.11b/g
decent battery life
under 8lbs - the lighter the better but weight not main priority
durabilty - ex. Sony has styling but doesn't seem as durable as say an IBM. IBMs are well built


i was looking at the acer aspire 2025 for the $3000 laptop and the acer apsire 2012 for the $2000 laptop...any other brands that have comparable laptops for possibly less and still retain durabilty and good build quality