Fujitsu's LifeBook A6110 offers snappy speed for $1499.
New models with sub-$1500 prices, as well as the results of our recent reliability and service survey, rejiggered the rankings in our desktop replacements chart. The two newcomers--Fujitsu's 15.4-inch LifeBook A6110 and Toshiba's 17-inch Satellite P205D-S7479--are relatively inexpensive units. The LifeBook comes with a brilliant screen and a touchpad with tablet-like features, while the Satellite makes a well-rounded office laptop.
Acer's Aspire 5920G provides solid performance and battery life for a reasonable price; it replaces the speedy MacBook Pro in the top spot on the chart, though Apple remains in the hunt thanks to top marks for its reliability; see "
Technology's Most (and Least) Reliable Brands" for more details.