I just picked up a 64gb blackberry playbook. I'm hoping I can get minecraft on it eventually.

acer is a wince-worthy mention for a lot of tech wizards. I'd go with a hewlet-packard laptop if anything!

You're insane! HP computers are absolute garbage, and I know this from experience. They're very cheaply built. For the same price (or maybe a little more), you can get a much better machine.

Its a pretty Mid-range laptop, decently priced. Acer is pretty good, wouldn't say the best, but is better then other *cough HP Cough Dell*

:s personally I'd go for a desktop and get some power out of it and more bang for my buck.

http://pcpartpicker.com/

This can help you build something and keep things compatible.

Oho, useful. Trying to piece together a mobile desktop, but of course it's my first foray into building an entire computer from scratch. I can figure out the physical compatibility, but then there's occasionally the problem of getting the parts to play nice with each other.

Nyhm is looking for a laptop specifically. Building a desktop from scratch gets you the most power for the cost, but not many desktops will easily fit into a backpack or laptop case if you need to take it with you throughout the day.

Yeah, sadly there's not a laptop builder site like this, or a service that even LETS you do such a thing.

Also, cooling pad. Those are a must for a laptop unless you want scars on your lap through jeans like what happened with me when I had to furiously work my ass off and couldn't afford the time moving things elsewhere. n.n

thunder thighs

I wish! xP

Not bad for a mid-range laptop; the price is fair, but I had several bad experiences with Acer.
I always recommend Dell or Lenovo Thinkpads when it comes to laptop, but I heard ASUS wasn't bad either.