Toshiba Satellite C650

The 1366×768, 15.6-inch screen is glossy but looks gorgeous, while the Core i3 M370 @ 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM and 500GB hard drive will see a large majority of people through just fine. There are obvious corners cut in ancillaries — 100Mb Ethernet instead of gigabit, 802.11n wireless that only supports 2.4GHz, incredibly poor speakers, only two USB ports; although we’d suggest only the latter would really annoy the mainstream audience it’s targeted at.