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friggin left wingers want it all handed to them
I agree with TDF, I also got a toshiba a few years ago and I really like the screen on these machines, and have had no problems. IMHO a microsoft o/s crawls compared to an apple, but as you said you may be talking about a $1000 difference.
I hear Windows7 doesn't suck, in fact the guy I know who's been using it is very impressed with it.