Best for what use? Gaming? Video Editing? Media Player? Whatever anyone would say was "THE BEST" wouldn't be "THE BEST" by the time it was delivered to your door.

All depends on what YOU want this laptop to do for you. How you plan on using it, is what will decide on what goes into the making of it, that being said, I can send to a web site that has laptop for sell from 399.00 to 3,000.00 or more Main thing I can tell you is I prefer XP pro and Hate Vista and this site has no problems still selling XP, that being said here are a few spec's and then you should check out site for your self, there is a 800# to call and the tech's will help you find you dream laptop, just tell them what you plan on using it for. Lenovo 3000 N200 Laptop Computer - Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2330 1.60GHz, 802.11b/g Wireless, 1GB DDR2, 120GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Fingerprint Reader, Windows XP Professional (599.00) Systemax Pursuit 4162 Notebook PC - Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83GHz, Genuine Windows® XP Professional, 802.11a/g/n Wireless, 2GB DDR2, 120GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA (799.00) Acer TravelMate 6292-6700 Notebook PC - Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz, Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless, 1GB DDR2, 120GB HDD, DVDRW, 12.1" WXGA, Fingerprint Reader, Webcam, Windows XP Professional(999.99) any way this should give you a few ideas