Take a look at Fujitsu PC. You can order directly from their web site or you can buy it at your local CompUSA or BestBuy.
I have a Fujitsu PC, N Series Lifebook, 3.2 GHZ, 80 GB HD, 512 SDRAM, 16.1 Inch Screen, 802.11 G Wireless Card Built-In, 4 - 2.0 USB ports, Firewire Port, 64 MEG Video Card, DVD+RW Drive, all for around $1800.00 after $100.00 mail-in rebate.
Hope this helps.
Chalk
I have a Fujitsu PC, N Series Lifebook, 3.2 GHZ, 80 GB HD, 512 SDRAM, 16.1 Inch Screen, 802.11 G Wireless Card Built-In, 4 - 2.0 USB ports, Firewire Port, 64 MEG Video Card, DVD+RW Drive, all for around $1800.00 after $100.00 mail-in rebate.
Hope this helps.
Chalk
Dell's deals at this moment suck. I have been in the market for a laptop last week or two and Dell is currently not price competitive with what they have at Best Buy due to some aggressive rebating going on. I will buy one in a few days, but first want to go to Fry's to see if I can find something better. If you live in an area with a Fry's consider yourself lucky, hard to beat their prices on just about anything they sell.
Forget the sheep pimp retailers and get yourself a Kung Fu system from rayServers. They are definately not for the bargain hunter, but you will never, ever, ever have a security problem, and the customer support offered by rS puts retailers to shame.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus
My suggestions to you, take them with a grain of salt
I like Bestbuy but you have to a) not take their stupid extended warranty b) not take an open box c) make sure that everything is sealed
Regarding brands, my last 2 have been vaios, one was a POS the other one is EXCELLENT, sure enough they seem not to use athlon cpus in the notebooks anymore ......wonder why if they are awesome
Try to get either a laptop with either an amd processor (they are hard to find) or a intel mobile (The cpu they use in the centrino deal)
The vaios are quite competitive if you want a monster 17'' monitor screen (that screen size leaves you with only a handful of options anyway)
I don't like dell (hate them for personal reasons) and don't think that compaq/hp are awesome either (have had 2 compaqs and one hp, the screen of the hp looked shitty in less than 1 year)
Toshibas are good deals
I like Bestbuy but you have to a) not take their stupid extended warranty b) not take an open box c) make sure that everything is sealed
Regarding brands, my last 2 have been vaios, one was a POS the other one is EXCELLENT, sure enough they seem not to use athlon cpus in the notebooks anymore ......wonder why if they are awesome
Try to get either a laptop with either an amd processor (they are hard to find) or a intel mobile (The cpu they use in the centrino deal)
The vaios are quite competitive if you want a monster 17'' monitor screen (that screen size leaves you with only a handful of options anyway)
I don't like dell (hate them for personal reasons) and don't think that compaq/hp are awesome either (have had 2 compaqs and one hp, the screen of the hp looked shitty in less than 1 year)
Toshibas are good deals
