A friend of mine wants a laptop... he knows nothing about computers, so I told him I'd pick one out for him. I was planning on getting a Dell...but I'm not too excited about the options for this price range. A 1.6 ghz celeron is the best I saw I didn't look around too much, and I don't have any coupon codes. Thought maybe someone here could suggest something...

Nothing fancy, I'd like to stay under $1,000. Its mostly for his work (financial advisor) and watching DVD's once in a while.



Only requirements are widescreen, cd rw / dvd, and xp professional. Anyone want to chime in?


Thanks....

 

iBook?

If he doesn't know a lot about computers, maybe an Apple is the best bet.

 

Your best bet is to hit up one of the deals websites, like bensbargains.net, spoofee.com, slickdeals.com.....

Dell is a good option because their stuff is pretty cheap. For under a grand, you can get a centrino system. The problem is if you want to get one asap, since these dell deals come every couple of weeks. If your friend can wait, then he'll benefit significantly from dell deals. Their best was 750 bucks off 1500.

Like I mentioned above, intel centrino is the system you want to get. Celeron processor, although capable of handling dvd playback, is not as powerful as the Pentium M processor.

 

Gonna be hard to get all that on a laptop with Office pro under 1K.....look at toshiba as well..

try this on for size
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/...HO&poid=299445

 

Shit I meant windows xp pro, not office. He can get office from his work.

 

def check that toshiba out then

 

Just keep an eye out for the Sunday sales, you can definately get something decent for around 1K.

 

I bought my Dell laptop with the $750 off $1500 coupon. A week or so later they were doing like $500 off $1500 - I'd say wait till you find a deal. Like mentioned above, Dell rocks b/c you can get their stuff for cheap. I bought my desktop Dell for $500 off $1500 and free 19" LCD.

 

yeah I have a 700m I got for 750 off a couple months ago...

he can wait, but doesn't want to wait forever. anyone know when another coupon like that is going to happen?

 

Dell Home has their Inspiron 6000 Integrated Graphics Model for $899. Upgrade to 60GB Drive + 8x DVD+-RW to reach $1027 - 15% off code C6$06RV0FR8441 + $24 shipping = $781 shipped.


Pentium-M 1.6 GHz, 512MB DDR, 60GB Drive, 8x DVD+-RW, 15.4" WXGA

Intel 900 Video, 10/100 + 56k + 802.11g, XP Home, 1-Yr Warranty

 

But remember it's a dell....Toshiba probably builds the bext XP based laptops right now

 

ummm.... well I would have agreed with all you guys on waiting for dell deals.. but just like your friend, i've been waiting for that $750 off $1500 deal.. That was about 1.5months of waiting and i coudln't take it anymore. Plus initially I was looking for 700m but then realized 12" screen isn't big enough for me. Sooooo, I went out today and bought Sony VAIO FS630. Paid little over $1300 at compusa but there is $250 rebates so it would bring it down to approximate $1080 including tax and shipping. Same configuration with 700m would have costed me about $1150 including tax and shipping.

Advantage: no rebates to wait for.
Disadvantage: Cost little more, screen is def smaller. (sony has 15.4" widescreen, perfect for movies)

I haven' t had the chance to open up my system yet but I'm planning on doing that tomorrow. Deal ends it on 15th at compusa. I also checked bestbuy and circuity but compusa offers the best deal for now. It wouldn't hurt to have him checked. I know I'm gonna love it. you can't beat Sony vaio laptop for slightly over 1000 bucks.

 

specs?

 

HP, support a brother out!

 

i actually bought a laptop yesterday, or 970 after tax, but it has 200 bucks in rebates. the add said it was 699 but u're paying the tax on the 899 sale price before rebates. Its the HP ze2315 at office depot, it has a 1.8 ghz processor, 512 ddr dram, 60 gb hd, and a DVD burner built in, with wireless b/g also.... it's pretty good for the price, you might wanna check it out.... so after tax and everything u're paying ~780 for a pretty quick laptop with a DVD burner and built in wireless.... oh yea, it has a brightview monitor and that thing is bright as hell, and the speakers are altec lansings, when i watch movies on it, it's like whoa compared to my dell 600m....

 

Ah, for a friend, I was going to say "another to add to your collection?"

 

A few years ago I would have said Toshiba, but not anymore. I have had two junked out in the last year. Thankfully I had the service plan so after the forth repair for each I just had them replaced. My uncle has been in the same boat with his Toshiba laptop.

So I ended up with a Gateway and so far so good.

Anyways just check a site like www.techbargains.com to see what the best deals are and to get the newest coupons.

 

TOSHIBA!

sidemarker

 

let's see....

pentimum M 4 processor 1.73Ghz at 533Mhz
512 MB ddr
80 GB
Shared video card
15.4" widescreen

What else... ummm can't think of anything... just look up Sony VAIO FS630

I wouldn't personally go with HP just b/c of their size and weight... I want to keep my laptop portable as possible and seems like type of speaker they put on HP it only adds more weight

 

i got this: http://www.jncs.com/php/notebook/ind...?id=nb-as-z71a

it put all the plastic laptops in shame

 

Here is a good DELL deal:


Dell Home has the Dell Intel Pentium M Processor 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) laptop notebook with the 15.4" WXGA LCD, 512mb DDR2, 40GB hard drive, 8x CD/DVD writer, internal wireless card, Win XP, and a year warranty.

1. Click here to see laptop.
2. Change the Combo/DVD+RW Drives to
- 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double layer DVD+R ($80)
3. Click Continue
4. Change the Anti-Virus/Security to
- No Security Subscription (-$79)
5. Click Continue, Add to Cart ( Price : $768.07 )
6. Coupon Price : -25% | Code : KBM$G8P671H4B8
Final Price : $768.07 + Ship($29.00)

 

I got a gateway, and i really like it...

 

where?


might do this, great deal...

 

www.spoofee.com