+1 for the E-series. I have a pair of E6410s (one from work, one for personal use) with the i5-560m (2.5Ghz). Both have been rock solid reliable, with the only issues being caused by software. My personal machine has the nVidia NVS3100m discrete graphics card, and while it won't be able to run the latest games with all graphics options on, it does a decent job with almost everything I throw at it. One other thing I like about the E6410 is that unlike the HP 8440p the E6410 still has a 16:10 aspect ratio screen rather than the squashed 16:9 that is now so popular.