What laptop should i get? ASUS, DELL, SONY, LENOVO, HP, any brand major or minor.?

i would say get a toshiba. i have a toshiba with a core 2 duo and is a very nice computer. and they are more reliable than majority of the other brands. core 2 duos are very good processors. i would staty away from AMD and HP as they are horrible. HP has bad tech support and they often last no more than 3 years. AMD gets extremely hot and do not perform nearly as well as intel. hope this helps!