We got burgled on friday. 3 laptops got taken. an acer aspire 5910 15.4 intel dual core wih 512 graphics about 18months old , an older dell 15 inch and a 5 year old acer 15inch. On the lookout for 2 new laptops . one for me to store my music (itunes) , movies, surf, a bit of video editing, and skyping  and a new one for my partner who does some flash and photoshop work as well as lot of trademe and facebooking.. I have a N wifi network at home so good connectivity is needed. I also used to have an issue with the acer not connecting to the wireless all the time but the dell worked great. The 512 graphics card on the acer actually sounded better than it performed.

I can get a 5% discount on Dell through work plus we have just been offered a mac deal as well (don't know the full details).
I don't know what i will get back from the insurance so probably looking to spend 3k max on 2 new laptops. Windows 7 upgrade will be good as well. The dell on xp always had less issued than the vista home premium acer.

I am a bit lost these days on the myriad of chipsets so any sugestions for chips, make and shops will be gratefully received.