Nino over at DigitalTrends has posted a quick look at five very capable laptops you can score for less than a grand.

"Value laptops don’t always have to mean you end up with a hunk of junk and a blinking cursor staring back at you. Great notebook computers exist out there for under $1,000, having become more and more of a reality as prices on components like processors, RAM and hard drives continue to fall."