First time I have seen a core i7 laptop being sold at a major retailer for under $1k.
With 4 cores and 8 with hyperthreading, it's probably grunty enough to substitute for your desktop.
Core i7 - 740QM
4 Gb Ram
640 Gb HDD
No bluray, and it has a 15.6" screen that only runs at 1366x768, and with Sandy Bridge's recent release, it's one generation old now… Watch out for more old-stock clearances!!
If you can get wishcards at 5% discount to facevalue, then it works out cheaper at $930.05
I guess if you know Woolies/DSE staff, it can be even cheaper than that!
Ah man. I just bought this laptop for $990 at JB Hi-Fi.
its a solid laptop. Pretty powerful. Its my first ever laptop purchase and I was happy with it.