This month's Personal Computer World magazine (May 2008) has a group test of high-end laptops, and the Acer Aspire 7720 gets the editor's choice. Particularly good choice for watching DVDs - it's HD ready (1080p).
The Toshiba Satellite P200 gets a good review - perhaps Toshiba are putting the "bad years" behind them, and building good machines again.
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