For the first quarter of 2010, here are some laptops, broken into a couple categories:

Ultra Portables

• ASUS Eee PC (1201N)
• ASUS UL (UL30A-X5, UL30A-A2, UL30Vt-X1)

i7

• Dell Studio s1557
• HP DV6-2190US
• Sony VAIO VPC-F111FX/H

i5

• Dell Inspiron i1764
• HP Pavilion DV6-2170US

I used to play a lot of board games when I was younger.  Some notable ones were Risk and Acquire .  Recently I started hearing good things about The Settlers of Catan (Extension).

Every now and then Amazon has a good deal on a 12-month Xbox Live subscription!