Right now we have a Dell and Toshiba. The Toshiba is my wifes and she is alway getting on my Dell. We got the toshiba primarily for the 17 inch screen with the 10 key keypad built on. The regular keyboard is too goofy on key placement and the mouse likes to move your crusor when your thumbs are hoovering while you type.
Home Desktop: VoodooPC Hexx. AMD Athlon FX-60, 2 GB RAM, 2 x 250 GB HD, 7900 GTX video card.
Home Laptop: HP dv4000, Pentium M, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HD, ATi 700 Radeon Mobility