Laptop advice plz help.?

i bought a toshiba satellite from best buy for around 500 bucks last year and its worked great so far. i would highly recommend it. you should be good with pretty much anything they have there, just find something in your price range. i believe cd burners come standard now on laptops, most of them even have a dvd burner, which is the best deal. it will play and burn both cds and dvds. thats what mine came with