Check this out this week at Best Buy, $1299 for a pretty good sounding laptop.
Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology with interrelated Intel® Pentium® M processor 740, Intel® 915PM chipset, Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (802.11b/g) and extended battery life capability
512MB PC3200 DDR2 memory for multitasking power, expandable to 2GB; 533MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 1.73GHz processor speed
Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL media
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 7177722001