New Laptop/Notebook - recommendations ?

[edison]

Hi,

I'm planning to get a new Laptop..Here are my requirements:

-good speakers/sound
-decent graphics (which is good-NVIDIA, ATI, pls suggest) - medium gaming, HighDef audio/video playback
-good battery life/warranty
-low laptop weight
-Plan to stick to the conventional 4:3 LCD (and not wide-screen)
-budget around US$ 900

-HP / Compaq / IBM / Lenovo are the brands I am looking at..

I look forward to suggestions on the ones I can go for..

Thanks a lot,
Ed

[Entsure]

How about this HP model:

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1780.htm

It's a touch over your budget, and not 4:3 as you wanted, but widescreen... however it hits most other spots - really well featured, hi-def, decent enough gaming, and interestingly the reviewer comments on the quality of the sound from the laptop.

[not important]

I'd take a look at Dell's.