I need to buy a cheapie (sub $400) laptop pretty much for organising music, ripping and burning discs. I'll be using it for wireless browsing as well but the best quality internal CD Rom (or the least crap) would be my preferred option. I would be interested in a recommendation between Asus, HP or Toshiba.
Down the track I'll get a quality external CD Rom such as the Yamaha F1 but for now I just want to buy the best internal CD Rom on offer and these 3 brands seem similar in other respects and are similar prices. I use dBPoweramp for ripping and burning. My last laptop has been on its last legs for months and has now become unusable without wanting to throw it out the window.
cheers
Nathan