Wall-Mountable Sony Vaio laptop, the new Vaio LM Panel laptop, is the ultimate in home entertainment, doubles as a television with integrated TV tuner, high-quality speakers and subwoofer, and 19-inch screen in a transparent bezel.

Fujitsu

The new Fujitsu SlimEdge LifeBook S6510 Laptop is widescreen, thin and light laptop.

NEC

NEC LaVie G Swarovski Hello Kitty Laptop is a luxury laptop that glams it up with Swarovski crystals and gold-plated Hello Kitty accents. Comes with matching accessories too.

Apple

Apple claims the upgraded Apple MacBook Pro to be the Fastest Vista Windows Laptop.

NEC

NEC Nissan Micra Laptop is colored with the Nissan Micra signature colors, sports the Nissan logo, and packs up in a laptop case fashioned from the fabric found covering the car seats. Cool!

Vigor

Vigor Atlantis Gaming Laptop is the “most sophisticated and most powerful” gaming laptop ever, according to Vigor.

Lenovo

Lenovo 3000 Y410 Laptop makes it the First Lenovo Consumer Laptop ... as company puts it, and it is sold in retail stores.

Toshiba

The new Toshiba Qosmio G45 AV680 laptop plays HD movies on the 17-inch widescreen and comes with built-in 5.1 channel Dolby Home Theater with Harman Kardon speakers and an integrated amplifier.

Packard Bell

Packard Bell EasyNote XS laptop is an Ultra-Mobile laptop that is equivalent to PDA in size and weight but provides the higher functionality of a full-sized laptop.

Toshiba

Toshiba Portege R500 laptop is the World Thinnest Widescreen Laptop (0.77"), and the lightest Widescreen too (1.72 lb).

Gateway Entertainment Laptop - newest M-Series laptop is HDTV-Friendly, colorful and powerful laptop.

Asus

Cheap Portable laptop - Asus Eee PC 701 is a Best Value laptop

MSI

The new MSI GX600 Turbobook gaming laptop is the world’s first laptop with Turbo Drive Engine technology.

LG

LG E300-AP75K laptop with 160-GB Hybrid Hard Drive

Dell

Best Gaming Laptop - new Dell XPS M1730 laptop, the "Beast".

Sony

Fashionable Sony Laptop Leather Carrying Case for VAIO TZ Laptop.

Sony

Lightest Laptop - Sony Vaio G laptop.

NEC

NEC LaVie G Type J X-Trail laptop is inspired by the popular rugged Japanese SUV Nissan X-Trail.

What laptop accessories to bring with you on campus to be able to use your laptop. The minimum list of accessories is given. Connect to college network or Internet, protect your laptop from virus or power surge, use it to produce college work. Don't leave home without them.

The top 4 laptop buys recommended for college students, as of July 2007. The selection is designed to save money by buying cheap laptops with most options. The following criterion's were used when picking each laptop: the best laptop would be cheap, reliable, have no fancy extras that most people will never use - just what a student need to perform everyday college projects, able to connect wirelessly via the most common means (Wi-Fi hotspots in cafes or libraries, college wireless network), able to connect to college wired network, able to read most common media formats (including CD, DVD, memory cards of many sizes), able to connect as many peripherals as necessary at the same time (the more USB ports the better, the latest flexible connectivity option - the ExpressCard slot - is a great plus, the fastest connectivity ports - Firewire 400 or 800 - are also great plus), able to write CDs, DVDs (the double-layer DVD writer is a great plus), be fast (the latest processor technology - the Dual Core - is a plus), have ample storage space, enable fast paging while using word-processing software or switching between multiple Internet browser windows (larger and faster cache memory is a big plus), have ample main memory, have ample amount of shared graphics memory (dedicated graphics memory is a big plus), be of the most widely available brands (for easy technical support or repair services), have cool college looks.

My research shows that Dell is still the best. Despite the Internet news that the Dell is loosing its market share, Dell laptop is still first the most searched laptop in the US. Next best is HP laptop with almost 50% less in the number of searches then Dell's but with a significantly higher number that one year ago. Sony laptop's popularity has picked up almost as well. I believe that searches for Apple laptop and Acer laptop have really picked up for the last couple of years. With the number of searches five times less that of Dell's are Gateway and Compaq laptop brands. IBM laptop has lost most of it since the company sold out their computer making unit to Lenovo. And Lenovo laptop is not anywhere near the most popular brands, getting ahead of a less known in the US laptop brand like Panasonic. Also need to factor in the fact that people searching more for laptops in general.
Here's the entire list of best laptops at the glance, taken on June 4, 2007.

50908 dell
27974 hp
24941 toshiba
21590 sony
19281 apple
14849 acer
10355 gateway
10022 compaq
7151 ibm
3939 alienware
3242 fujitsu
3168 asus
2450 lenovo
2296 panasonic
1388 sager

In my continuous effort to educate you in buying only as much laptop as you really need, I'd like to start with the cheap laptop buy series. Dell cheap laptops would be my first choice. Consider the low-end Inspiron 1300 laptop, one of Dell's most recent additions... Inspiron 1300 would be an ideal laptop choice for basic computing needs. Let me explain why...

First, please note that I suggest you buy 1300's version with the Intel Pentium M Processor 745 that starts from $649, as of May 2006. The intention is to stay within $649 as this standard setup has everything you need to perform your every day basic computing tasks like sending emails, Internet browsing, may be doing some Excel spreadsheets or Word processing, some amateur photo editing or website developing. Here's how you should choose your options...

Windows XP Home Edition or Professional?
It comes with Genuine Windows XP Home Edition, perfect for the home office laptop. You would only need Genuine Windows XP Professional if you're planning to use your PC as a Web server or a Database server. But you most certainly won't use your laptop as server. You'll definitely need the Operating System Re-Installation CD, so order that one for $10.

Selecting laptop processor
Intel Pentium M Processor 745 (1.80GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) comes standard for the price above. This gives you plenty of speed, more that you ever need. The speed of 1.80GHz on Pentium M Processor is equivalent to about 2.7GHz on just Pentium Processor. The 2MB Cache is a huge cache size to perform all your Word processing with ease.

Display Size
The 15.4in WXGA Display is included in Price. Perfect. The most common screen size these days. The 17" screen would have added some unnecessary weight to your laptop, and the 14" is too small.

How much Memory do you need in laptop?
256MB DDR2 SDRAM 1 Dimm is included in price. Plenty. Are you tempted to upgrade to 512MB for an additional $50? Why? Just because it's offered? Are you planning to play games or do some video editing? No... Then no need more than 256MB memory. When you fill like your laptop is locking performance then you'll upgrade your memory. 1 Dimm means that there's a second memory slot empty so you can purchase an additional 256MB or two 512MB to upgrade up to 1GB.

Choosing hard drive size
40GB 5400rpm Hard Drive is included in price. Again, if you aren't going to store games or MP3 music file on your laptop, 40GB is already way too much. With games and MP3, you'll fill it quickly though. And by the way, you're not supposed to store backup files on your main laptop hard drive. So stick with 40GB. I only use mine to 30%.

CD/DVD Burner
Here's one case where upgrading to 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability would be a good idea. If you'd like to create multiple copies of the wedding you'll be able to. So, now we get it up to $719. Still very inexpensive for a great basic laptop.

Video Graphics Card
With this setup you don't get one. Instead you get the standard graphics chip for Pentium M laptop - Integrated Intel Media Accelerator 900 Graphics chip. And it's all you want for your basic laptop computer that you aren't buying for heavy-duty graphics or video editing or gaming. You can still play some not graphics intense video games on this chip.

Laptop battery
The standard option is 4-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (29 WHr). This will provide you with up to 2 hours of battery life. This is enough to watch one movie. Not as great but is good enough for many people.

Wireless Networking Card
Intel PRO 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card is included in price. This card is just fine. 54Mbps is the most common transfer speed on wireless networks today, and the 802.11 b/g are the two most common wireless protocols supported today. You'll be able to connect at any WiFi spot or to your home wireless router.

That's it. We're done with buying Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop for $719. Go with the standard setup for the rest of the options and with the standard 1-year warranty plan. I tend not to buy laptop warranty in access of 1 year. From my experience with laptops, most hardware problems show up within one year from purchase.

With Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop, you'll be online and browsing the Web within minutes. It'll connect to your wireless router automatically. I recommend that you purchase it along with laptop, for best hardware comparability.