I've been planning on getting a desktop replacement for a while.
I looked everything from HP to Dell. The closest I came to was the new Inspiron 6000 which had 1.6Ghz Centrino (the new Centrino w/533mhz FSB) and a dvd burner, 1gb of ram, etc. for $1900ish.
One of my criteria was battery life the other was a good video card (which are suprisingly rare in laptops) so that I can do gaming.
I ended up with a CyberPowerSystem, www.cyberpowersystem.com. They're a cheap online manuf of computers which I trust because all my friends have them and I have a desktop from them as well.
The comp I got is a 1.8Ghz Pentium M (2mb Cache, and they claim ~4-5 hours battery life), 1GB of RAM, 40GB HD, DVD burner, media card reader built in, 15.4" Widescreen 1680x1050 and all the standard stuff like wifi and what not.
I also really like the case of it. Very good looking laptop.
The Video Card is the best part of it: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 256MB. Very rare for such a high end card to be found in a laptop!
So uh, I get my computer in a few weeks, so I'll see how it goes. Its a very good purchase in theory as the specs/price ratio cant be beat. It was $1,675 with shipping.
Edit:
Here's a link to the actual system I custom configed (w/pics!): http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/highendsystem/NTBKS43000.asp?v=d
I looked everything from HP to Dell. The closest I came to was the new Inspiron 6000 which had 1.6Ghz Centrino (the new Centrino w/533mhz FSB) and a dvd burner, 1gb of ram, etc. for $1900ish.
One of my criteria was battery life the other was a good video card (which are suprisingly rare in laptops) so that I can do gaming.
I ended up with a CyberPowerSystem, www.cyberpowersystem.com. They're a cheap online manuf of computers which I trust because all my friends have them and I have a desktop from them as well.
The comp I got is a 1.8Ghz Pentium M (2mb Cache, and they claim ~4-5 hours battery life), 1GB of RAM, 40GB HD, DVD burner, media card reader built in, 15.4" Widescreen 1680x1050 and all the standard stuff like wifi and what not.
I also really like the case of it. Very good looking laptop.
The Video Card is the best part of it: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 256MB. Very rare for such a high end card to be found in a laptop!
So uh, I get my computer in a few weeks, so I'll see how it goes. Its a very good purchase in theory as the specs/price ratio cant be beat. It was $1,675 with shipping.
Edit:
Here's a link to the actual system I custom configed (w/pics!): http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/highendsystem/NTBKS43000.asp?v=d
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