The $900 HP DV9005US laptop

Wowsers. $900 (after rebate) at Circuit City for all this:

• Dual-core AMD Turion 64 @ 1.6Ghz

• Windows XP MCE

• 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM (expandable to 2GB)

• Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 UMA w/ up to 128MB shared memory

• 100GB 5400RPM SATA hard disk

• DVD+/-RW w/ DualLayer + LightScribe support

• 17" WXGA+ HD BrightView widescreen display @ 1440x900

• 802.11b/g wireless

• 5-in-1 media reader

• 4 USB ports, standard audio ports, 1 FireWire port

• 10/100 ethernet

• 15.16" L x 11.65" W x 1.57" H

• 7.8 pounds

See HP's specs for the DV9005US for more details.

I'm not really in the market for a new laptop, but this is pretty nice if you go for the desktop-replacement-and-some-gaming approach.