i need a laptop for school, and the school has a deal setup with dell. this is the laptop they reccomend.

comes with microsoft office, which i can get myself, and some security program. also, they give you free support on campus. im thinking this is kind of expensive. im sure i can get something better for the same price. what do you guys suggest? i wouldnt mind being able to do some gaming with it

 

Too expensive,

I got something a lot better for only a little more of that price when they had that sale, and they still have good deals on Dell.com, I have heard there outlet has OUTRAGEOUS Deals, cheap cheap, even though they are returns or Refurbs, they come with a pretty good warranty too

 

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/44889

Latitude D800 15.4 Widescreen Centrino Notebook 3yr warranty $1039 shipped free

 

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/44764


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so yah too expensive.

 

anyone know anything other than dell

 

acer's ferrari notebook is about 1600:

 

saw that on one of the sites i looked at, $2000 though
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=A180-1042

 

how does these look

http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/high...x56700.asp?v=d

http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/high...649900.asp?v=d

2nd one is athlon 64, and i have never used an amd before

 

yeah that's the new 3400; you can get the 3200 cheaper; here's one for 1500:

http://www.pricetag.com/item.php?id=160455

 

looks good; never heard of the brand though. ibm has the best made laptops currently IMO. my titanium thinkpad is great.

 

added another. and ive ordered 2 desktops from them. 1 for myself, 1 for the family. havent had any problems. and i kinda wanna try to stay away from brand names like dell etc, because you pay way too much for the name

 

anyone see any problem in getting the amd when i have never used one before? and it will work on campus with the network right?

 

triple post...

what actually is the pentium M processor used for. i know its mobile, but whats the difference from say a pentium 4, or in this case, athlon 64

 

low heat, low power consumption.

 

it will be indistinguishable from an intel processor.

 

i see. so what do you think about http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/high...649900.asp?v=d

im close to buying

 

looks pretty badass but it's 8.5 lbs; you going to be carrying this around alot?

 

well ill be using it for school so i guess so.

 

the one your school recommends is 4.6 lbs; this is almost twice as heavy. if you're ok with lugging it around go for it. any laptop with that many features is going to be heavy.

 

thanks a TON for the help

 

just placed the order: $1,626.40 total
and i upped the processor to 3200+

gotta love free shipping and 5% off

 

Should have gotten this!

http://www.apple.com/powerbook/