I'm just amazed how little notebooks cost now-a-days compared to only a few years ago. I bought a decent gateway laptop, 1920 x 1080 display, with a 9800m GTS with everything else pretty standard besides the HDMI port for $1200 and it was considered a steal. I know it says "starting price" but you can add your own hardware later, as needed, as I would never pay $250 dollars more for ram or a bigger hard drive. Save that for idiotic Mac lovers.