What are some good laptops between about $700-$1000?

[Oggie]

Acer are awesome, my girlfriend has one (Aspire, I believe) and it goes like the Duracell Bunny. Great machine and cheap enough too! Acer are one of the most highly regarded Laptop brands as well.
Lenovo are also great, that was her previous laptop... it ran like a dream until she put her high-heel through the screen (Hey, that rhymes!) She was thinking of getting it repaired, but she decided to just buy the Acer instead.
I'd say either of those brands will serve you well from my experience, and Lenovo are the most popular laptop brand in China if that means anything to you. The Chinese know their 'puters!

[El Kabong]

I got a nice comp (a toshiba) for under $700, try newegg.com

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Why should you neg rep me? I'm just trying to help

[Dizaster]

Maybe also look at what operating system the laptops come with as well... I guess most would come with Windows Vista now, but anyway we bought a Compaq laptop for $1000 Australian ($700US) and it's been great, aside from Vista takes up so much resources that it almost downgrades the hardware.. I'm sure this laptop would be more impressive with XP..

For that price you'll get a really decent laptop though... There isn't anything i've had to do on here yet that it hasn't handled perfectly... Perhaps if you're into video editing etc then the power will become important, but if you look for a good deal, you'll get a great Laptop period for that...

Add a tick for Compaq though...

Actually no, one thing that has driven me NUTS with it! It doesn't have a volume control.. You have to hold down a button and then press the tiny F7 key to turn the volume down.. OR you have to do it manually in the desktop... SO many times i've wanted to turn it up or down and I just wish there was an easier way....

Maybe little things like that you can seperate one model from another..