My new laptop!!!

Aw!! I wanted to write this review for a while now but couldn't get to compose it for a while. So, here's the story. I bought a new Compaq laptop from Best Buy for $500 and it came to $538 after taxes.

The laptop has the following components: I'm only listing selective components

1) AMD Turion 64 X2
2) 2GB DDR2 Memory
3) 250 GB Hard Disk
4) Nvidia GeForce 7000M
5) 5-in-1 Memory card reader
6) Double Layer DVD burner

and the laptop runs Windows Vista Home Premium. (For detailed spec, use the link above).
My fiance suggested that I buy this laptop as he was convinced that this is a wonderful configuration for $500. The other laptops with similar configuration were clearly at least a $100 more. Anything that had Intel Core 2 Duo was even more expensive.
First of all I had a Sony VAIO with a Core duo processor, it was an elegant looking laptop even though I found Core duo processor's performance to be average. I loved the screen and also the fact that it never got hot despite using it for longer hours but it had lousy speakers and was super heavy. Anyways, I decided to give the Sony laptop to my parents as a replacement for our older PC as I thought it'll fulfill all their needs.
Now about the new laptop I think it justifies every penny that I spent on it. It looks nice and has a black chassis unlike my Sony that was white. I love the fact that it has Nvidia GeForce video card which kinda makes the display look better. The laptop performs really well but then I don't really use it for playing games and stuff...I use it to work from home for the most part. Initially I was skeptical about buying this laptop as I was unsure about having the Turion processor and also wasn't sure about the build quality of the laptop.
I still decided to buy this laptop as I felt that it would be impossible to get any other branded laptop for the price that I paid. My old Sony costed me $700, which made me think that this laptop was quite a steal.
The most interesting stuff that really made me love the laptop was that when we were looking at the performance score using Vista OS, we found out that Vista gave AMD Turion X2 processor 0.1 more than Intel's C2D and the DDR2 RAM also is comparatively faster than a similar Dell Vostro laptop. So, basically better processor with comparatively better memory really sold the laptop for me and the clean sounding Altec Lansing speakers are a plus. I should also mention the fact that this laptop doesn't get hot despite using it for long durations. I left it on for more than 24 hours and it didn't get hot one bit :). I also love the keypad as its really flat. The charger for the laptop is really small and the length of the cord is pretty generous :) This laptop's wireless connectivity is way better than my old Sony.
I guess I'll end this post here as its getting pretty long, so overall in all fairness i'll give this laptop a 5/5 and yes, I'm extremely excited and happy about this purchase.