Wow. They were at best buy and called me up, asking me about good laptop to buy. They ended up buyig the toshiba X205-S7483. It has an Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66 Dual core, 2 GB DDR2 667, Nvidia Geforce 8700M GT Graphics card with 256MB VRAM, 2x 120GB 5400 RPM HDDs, 17" Screen, and Vista Premium. ITS SWEET. FAST. Heavy and fat too, but still sweet. ^_^ Its incredibly fast for a laptop. A huge improvement over their old Gateway 600 with 2.4Ghz P4

My mouth is watering, Sounds like a nice rig, hope your parents enjoy it.

sweet! Is it the one with the leopard looking top or back or lid? I wanted it, but cost too much $$$

Sorta. It has more of a cherry-wood kinda finish. Its really nice looking