Here are the requirements
At least 256 mb ram, DVD player, 1.8 athlon XP or 2.0 or higher Pentium 4, embedded wireless lan, s video out.

This is what im looking at...
Compaq Presario 2100-$1074 shipped




Athlon XP 2200+=1.8ghz
XP Home
15 inch screen
256 DDRAM
30GB hard drive
8x DVD
Embedded 802.11b Wireless LAN

64MB shared video memory (on 256MB ram and higher configurations)
- 1 PCI port for use with simple port replicator F4811A (sold separately)
- IEEE 1394
- 2 USB ports
- Universal A/C Slimline Adapter.
- S-video TV-out port.
- Five user-programmable one-touch buttons.
- Touch pad with on/off and dedicated scroll up/down surface
- Built-in stereo speakers
- 1 Type II or III PC card slot; Card bus enabled


Anyone know of a better deal?

 

I'm looking for a laptop too where you getting this from ??

 

you guys can check out www.techbargains.com for some decent deals on laptops. they had some nice dell ones a week or two ago, but they have one now for a 2ghz celeron for ~900. keep checking it once in a while, you might be able to get a better deal. but the one you posted doesnt sound too bad, i bet it runs hot like a mofo though.

 

Dude, I'm getting a Dell. For $1285 I got:

I5100,15.0 XGA,2.4GHZ-P4
384MB,266MHZ,2DIMM
32MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500
30GB HARD DRIVE
DELL APPLICATION BACK-UP CD,W/TOOL
WINXP HOME
DELL SUPPORT 2.0
INTEGRATED NIC
INTERNAL 56K MODEM
24X CD-RW/DVD COMBO
IVI SW DVD 4.0 FACTORY INSTALL
MINI-PCI 802.11B NIC
94 WHR LITHIUM ION 12-CELL BATTERY
DPS IMAGE EXPERT STANDARD
DPS PAINT SHOP TRY AND BUY
EARTHLINK 5 ISP
AOL 8.0 - BUDDY ROM
WORDPERFECT PROD PK W/QNUE BRITNCA
RTD,INSP,SOL,INIT YR,DHS(LOW-2)
MCAFEE.COM,OEM, ENG
1YR LIMITED WARRANTY
HRBLK TAX-CUT DELUXE,CD,OEM,NFI

 

Kens deal is much better. I need one for college, I want sumin basic that can burn cd's. Is that one off the Dell website ken?

 

Yup, Dell.com

I did get a Sprint employee discount and a bunch of other online discount/specials.

 

They give company discounts on top of those deals ??

I actually had customized a computer earlier today, and its almost the exact one you had mentioned .

 

Yes they do.

From the Company internal website, you use a different link on the Intranet and build from there.

The dell website(s) are the greatest. I actually had another computer built and purchased and the very next day, I learned about the Sprint discount. Cancelled the work-in-progress and built a better computer for less.

Today's status for my Dell laptop just turned to "Shipped".

I'll let you know how I like it when I get it.

 

Alright I just finshed paying for the exact same config as above but: 256mg ram instead of your 384. And I got the SXVGA+ and a 3 year warranty Total w/tax/shipped: $1407.68

I feel like I got ripped off for some reason, I was only planning on spending ~$1200

 

I say go with the Compaq. You won't be dissappointed. That sounds like a great deal.

-Ash