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I am looking for a really good deal on a laptop that I will use for working on the road. Updating sites, writing, surfing. No gaming. I don’t care about battery life and I don’t care about weight. I want it to be under $750 shipped with tax. A 30 GB hard drive is sufficient and I would like to get 512 MB. Screen size is unimportant.

I have pretty much searched the globe, so I believe I know all of what there is, but just in case…

This entry was posted on Friday, November 5th, 2004 at 10:02 am and is filed under Business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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9 Responses to “Laptop”

  1. A_Jelly_Doughnut says:
    November 5th, 2004 at 10:41 pm

    2 words: toshiba satellite

    http://www.tohsibadirect.com

    Only qualm I’ve had is the cooling fan needed replacement. I blame folding@home.

  2. Patrick says:
    November 6th, 2004 at 3:06 pm

    I appreciate the suggestion.

    I feel most comfortable with HP/Compaq, but am willing to go outside of it for a really great deal. Unfortuinately, after plugging in what I said in the lowest model, it came to $881.10 (assuming there is no tax and shipping and no great coupons around). I could just get an HP/Compaq for that, so its probably not good for me.

    But, thanks for suggesting it.

  3. Toni says:
    November 7th, 2004 at 6:21 pm

    If you are not aiming high, I believe Walmart has some cheapos:

    http://www.walmart.com/cata...

    Not with 512 Ram though.

  4. Patrick says:
    November 7th, 2004 at 8:08 pm

    Thanks, Toni. Not quite what I want, but thanks.

    What would be really great is if any of you had an unused Dell coupon that you weren’t going to use, there is a laptop that would be a good deal (enough to make me to jump HP/Compaq) with a coupon. :D

  5. Patrick says:
    November 7th, 2004 at 8:08 pm

    Thanks for reading, by the way!

  6. chrispian says:
    November 8th, 2004 at 9:39 pm

    Patrick, good luck finding a deal. Keep your eye on Dell while your shopping around. They have had some pretty crazy 1 day sales lately and if you catch one you might be able to get a really great deal. One I saw was a great low price + free shipping + free wireless card and 20% off wireless router. I picked up one for my step mother and after a few upgrades it was less than $800.

  7. Patrick says:
    November 8th, 2004 at 10:12 pm

    Yeah, Dell did have a crazy deal… I started looking a little too late. :D

  8. Josh says:
    November 9th, 2004 at 11:57 pm

    http://www.dailyedeals.com usually will post good Dell deals.

  9. Patrick says:
    November 10th, 2004 at 12:19 am

    Thanks for the link.

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