Acer Aspire AS5740G-6454 Intel Core i5 430M 4GB 500GB 15.6IN HD Radeon HD5650 Win 7 Premium Notebook

Cons: Screen can be slightly brighter.Internal mouse left/right keys can be better.Missing Bluetooth.

Pros: Priceperformancegood build17" screensoft keyboardetc...

Cons: The battery life isn't great. You can attain around 2.5-3 hours on power saving mode per charge, which is sub par. Luckily I usually use this on my desk as a desktop replacement, so it's no problem for me. The keyboard itself is very hard to get used to. The key layout is actually multicultural (with some French keys included), which is hard to get used to, but once you do, it's alot more comfortable.The keys have spaces in between them, which look neat, but attract lots of dust. which isn't great. The screen, when looked on an angle, looks like it's been coated with water, with the refracted colours. If you look straight, you can't see it, but from the side, it's weird. The sound is mediocre, but so are all laptops. The heat management isn't that great. I think it idles around 40-45 degrees celsius and when running BF:BC2, it goes up to around high 50s-low 60s.

Pros: The CPU can only be described as fast compared to other laptops I've seen. Although it's seen as a middle ground CPU by many, I found it to be efficient, and fast. This processor handles most programs that are CPU intensive, no sweat. The GPU is simply awesome. I run Modern Warefare 2 on pretty much maximum graphics, getting around 30 FPS, and if I lower it by a bit, I attain around 40-50FPS. I can also play Crysis on medium-high, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is playable on medium. For this price, you're not going to find a better deal.The four gigabytes of RAM are standard, and are very very useful in running applications. This computer is generally very very fast in terms of programs, and is excellent for this price. The screen is bright, and excellent in my opinion. Some have a grudge against the glossy screen that it carries, but I find it pretty good.

Cons: No bluetoothis the only con for this laptop. Maybe a 9 cells battery could help for stamina

Pros: Fast! Good graphic card for some gaming. Nice size, not too big and not too small. The screen is beautiful!