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gScreen here in Alaska is supposed to have their Dual Screen laptops available soon on Amazon for anyone to buy...
@HaZaRd He is one of the fine folks from top gear that built that metallic turd...
There are actually some really good movies on the streaming side of things but you have to be willing to look for them, They are expanding their streaming choices, and When I first started using Netflix streaming two years ago I was limited to a few hours of streaming a month It takes on Average three days for the discs to make it the 550 mile round trip to the nearest distribution hub in Anchorage Alaska so being able to stream videos, some even from my DVD/Blu-Ray Queue is worth the price I pay, and I certainly like not having to venture out to the nearest overpriced rental outlet in the cold to find something to watch.
I think a sign of DVD going the way of the VCR was picking up a Blu-Ray disc for $5 less than the same title on DVD recently...
I happen to like being able to stream netflix to my PS3 even if it requires a disc. My television/computer monitor (Samsung T260HD) is not capable of doing it on its own and after a few days of using the disc on my PS3 I can say it streams video much better than my MacBook Pro, and I can now go a head and uninstall MS silverlight and hope that my browsers return to normal.
I have repaired more HP/Compaq/Dell laptops than I care to admit and made some decent money in the process, all things considered I will stick with the MacBook Pro that I have been using for the last two years that has specs that blow this thin and light out of the water.

Windows 7 Ultimate runs just fine in Boot camp for the times when I feel the need to jump into a first person shooter. Personally I would never buy an HP just because they stick norton on it in the factory... there are much better and cheaper Antivirus ans security suite programs out there. Do some research HP and quit releasing crap onto the market place...
Sony removed PS2 backwards compatibility because the PS2 is still selling more units than the PS3, and they would rather you own two physical systems than one that does the job of both...
Include an HDMI cable or Component Video Cable my television does not even support the included composite audio video cable that comes bundled with the PS3 Slim... include a BD remote since most people that I know that own them use them as BluRay players and rarely play games on them... a minimum of $50 in additional hardware purchases just to get it working out of the box is a bad marketing idea come on Sony get with the times, a high definition system bundled with a standard definition cable is just plain dumb.

The only other thing I am planning to do with mine is to upgrade the hard drive, but I am waiting for a 1TB 9.5mm, although the 12.5mm should fit I would rather not attempt it since the included is a 9.5mm
I am running CS3 web premium and have not had a single issue since installing Snow Leopard. I also use iWork '09 for all of my office type applications.
I love Dock Exposé, I wish that they had come up with that earlier. It is finally nice to be able to see signal strength of the available networks on the airport menu bar drop down.

Truthfully the only thing that I would ask for is official Windows 7 support in Boot Camp. I had to download windows drivers from nVidia in order to get aero features to work. Other than that I am not really sure that I would change anything. Maybe fix a bug or two with iTunes but that is not an OS X snow leopard problem, that is an iTunes problem.

QuickTime X is a welcome change from the old version and thankfully there is no longer a need to pay to go to quicktime pro. Every thing else seems to work as it should.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I have a MacBook Pro and an Xbox 360 and I would like to get a 20- to 24-inch display that will support both devices. The speakers should be inbuilt, or there should be an aux out on the display to hook up external speakers. Help! Please!"

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