I am not sure if you have made up your mind yet. I am going to purchase the Toshiba M45-S331, the first one above at Circuit City, which has it in their store for $1229.99 after a $150 rebate. It seems to be not too big, not too heavy and has everything I need to do the job.
Okay, I'm about to buy a new notebook, I have 2 I'm trying to decide between and I was just wondering if anyone else has one of these models and how they like it, and which one is better?
1) Toshiba Satellite Notebook with Intel

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