I'm assuming: 13-15 inch screen 2-4 gb ram dual core CPU My dad recently bought one of these. It is lightweight, has good performance, a decent size screen (13.3 inches), and has decent battery, but no optical drive. $599 Samsung Np-Pr580. I've used one of these, and they're pretty nice to use. Slightly better specs than the toshiba, and a bigger HDD. It has a larger screen at 15.6, but weighs 5.5 pounds, compared to 3.7 on the toshiba. The touchpad is in a slightly arkward position. $779.99 There are of course going to be more, but I don't have the time to go through all of them :ohnoes: The toshiba is perhaps less sturdy than the samsung. The samsungs graphics etc. are slightly better, but only slightly, although the screen is quite a bit bigger. Read the full reviews to get a better idea for them. If you don't like them, hereis a list of others you can choose from, based on what you want.