Although a few people are suggesting Toshiba, I have had very bad luck with Toshiba.. A few of my laptop's fell apart and the other two have always, ALWAYS, been increasingly slow..
Ignore everything that Ven0m says. HP's are absolute shit and Toshiba's simply aren't that great.
Like Alpha said, I'd suggest an Asus, or a Lenovo. They provide some pretty good laptops for decent prices. I'm afraid I don't have any time to find some more specific ones, just browse around and you'll see some good ones.