http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=45&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bqcwkvs&s=bsd Comes with DVD burner, truelife screen, integrated wireless...everything you need for movies, music, web surfing, and light gaming. You get a free upgrade to the Core 2 duo processor (normally costs +$100). I also HIGHLY recommend you double the RAM to 2GB for $24, change the cd burner to DVD+/- RW burner for 15 dollars more and upgrade to a 120GB hard drive for just $5. Those 3 upgrades bring the grand total to $480
I'd say macbook or an XPS. Leopard is far superior then Vista and if you go with a microsoft o/s definetly do XP. You don't have to deal with spyware with mac and as far as the right button thing that Jeremiah mentioned. If you get a macbook just put two fingers on the pad and click. Same as a right mouse button. I do think you get better bang for your buck with an XPS compared to a mac, but I love my mac. The new macbooks have the two finger zoom in like the iphones do which is pretty cool. The new xps laptops have a built in finger print recognition which is also cool.
