You want to be portable, but you also don't want to sacrifice power. A mid-weight laptop is for you, and hey, you might even be able to play that new game you got!
Mid-weight is where the majority of laptop users are. Generally screens are 14- to 15-inch in size, and give a nice balance between size, battery power and performance without being heavier than a pregnant mastodon pulling 20 g's in a dump truck.
Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4GHz) 
Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro gets a solid under-the-hood upgrade for better performance and longer battery life, allowing the MacBook Pro to put enough distance between itself and the lower-end MacBook to justify its higher price.
Lenovo 3000 N200
The Lenovo 3000 N200 is quite a nifty notebook which verges on desktop replacement. Once all the extra useless software has been stripped off, it's a robust and well performing system that is sure to find a home slung to the shoulder of a few office execs.
Acer Aspire 4920G
Acer's new Aspire series seems to be reasonably well positioned in price and performance, but its designers need to go back to the drawing board.
Acer Travelmate 5720G
The Travelmate is an excellent notebook for business if you're interested in the 15-inch space, and you're happy with the 3kg weight.
Sony VAIO VGN-FZ18G
We can't imagine the market for a 15-inch home theatre laptop with Blu-ray is very large, but the Sony VAIO VGN-FZ18G certainly fits the bill if it's out there.
Fujitsu LifeBook E8410
The well-rounded Fujitsu LifeBook E8410 gives corporate users a broad feature set, enterprise-level security, and decent performance and battery life.
Dell Inspiron 1420
The Inspiron 1420 is sure to make a lot of people happy -- it manages to pack in a lot of power for a good price, and will be perfect for almost any application you choose. If you're a gamer though, go for a higher model.
Fujitsu LifeBook A6030
Though its design isn't groundbreaking, the media-friendly Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 offers home users a thorough feature set, gorgeous display, and strong performance at a competitive price.
BenQ Joybook S41
As possibly the only 14.1-inch machine to hold the powerful Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS graphics card, the JoyBook S41 offers fantastic performance for a portable unit. If only it had dedicated multimedia buttons and better internal speakers.
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