I dunno...I just bought an Acer Aspire 5672 for $1600 CDN ($1,314.88 USD) and it has the following:
Intel Dual Core 1.66Ghz, 2GB ram, 120GB Sata Drive, DVD Burner, Wireless, Bluetooth, ATI X1400, Firewire, VGA, DVI and S-video out/in.
I just feel I got more value for my money.