The Toshiba Satellite L450 is not bad at all. I picked mine up for around £349.99 from Argos and think I got quite a lot for my money.
It has a 15.6 inch screen, ideal for me as I write a lot of essays on it, it has 2GB of RAM and 250GB hard drive making for a speedy little machine. It comes with Windows 7 and a trial version of Microsoft home, I think this lasted about 3 months.
It also comes with the standard WIFI, DVD rewriter, multi card reader and USB ports. The only thing worth nothing here is that I cannot see any ports for headphones/microphone/webcam that are not USB.
The system itself is speedy, clear and bright display and everything is easy to find.
It is a good looking machine with a wide screen, good for watching movies or programmes online.
The only problem I have had with the laptop is that the buttons below the mouse pad do stick quite a lot and one of them has got some wear on it after only 6 months.