The Dell 1525 is a great laptop. This is my second Dell laptop, a replacement for the one I dumped water on (even after the water it lasted another 8 months!). I am a casual computer user, but it has all of the functions and memory I could possibly want. The speaker sytem is pretty good for a laptop, and the monitor is really nice and clear. There are plenty of USB ports, and the laptop itself holds its charge for an impressively long time. The main downfall that I have run in to is that it operates on Windows Vista, which is just terrible. If you can aviod anything Vista do so at all costs. The...