I have a Compaq LT that I got at best buy a few months back and have loved it. I have 2.6g, 512ddr, 40gig, 15inch monitor, cdrw/dvd, Radeon 340m64shared mem, guess how much I paid..... guess.... your gonna think Im lying, brand new I paid 599. No lie, they were on close out or something and I didnt really want compaq but have loved it. Runs great no probs at all. and the graphics card is pretty good it puts up nice stats on FF11 and Sims 2, neither require alot of power but great for a laptop. Good luck with the hunt.