I wouldn't go dell. I've bought a dell desktop and my dad has bought a dell laptop. The performance blows because dell uses celeron (i think thats how you spell it) which states that their cpu's run at 2.6 ghz but in actuality run slower than my 1.5 ghz other comp. Dell computers are cheap for a reason.

I can't give you much info about other places that sell laptops though.

Try checking newegg.com