Battery life doesnt matter unless you are just clicking around the net or altering some text documents... play a game it wont last more then 15-20 min.. watching a movie good luck with more then 30-45min tops.
The laptop that I have is a 17" widescreen with 1gig ram (2) 100gig hard drives dedicated 128meg video DVD burner multi card slot reader (like 8 in one I think) wireless net built in,4 USB 2.0 ports, windows media center edition (Windows XP with a few added bonus features) with all the little toys, DVR, wireless remote, TV tuner... etc. I paid 1500 for it at best buy buy they dont carry it any more as they change computers every week, literly. If you are spending that kinda of cash wait for the right deal.
The ONLY thing mine doesnt have that I wish it did is blue tooth.. oh well I have a PCMCIA slot open for that
