Any Good Laptop Deals?

I'm going to be purchasing a Laptop within the next 3-Weeks in the $800 or lower range. I figure I can get a decent laptop for that much.

Needs
- Decent DVD Film Playback
- Decent Battery Life
- Mid-range processing power
- Anything else power wise is a nice perk.

Keep an eye on http//slickdeals.net, there are always some great deals on laptops. They post step by step what coupons to use to get the big discounts.

yeahm I just bought a new Dell XPS, nicely loaded Pentium M machine with DVD burner and upgraded screen for 697 delivered..

hit up Slickdeals.net.

I'm packaging up a Dell XPS dual core (1.83) with 1/2 gig of ram and a 60g hard drive for $712 delivered.

Start from the deal listed on slickdeals right now

I have a couple ibooks i won for sale.

are you interested in large screen, small screen?

if your looking for a portable laptop, take a look @ the Averatec 4200 series, they look like mac's on the inside and well, im saving to get one...

http//www.averatec.com/notebooks/4200series.htm

You're the first person on this board to ever recommend an Averatec. )

I was struggling with whether or not to choose the 6240 on NB4F forever.

i dont know how they work, or if they do, but i just love the deisgn and its thinner than an ibook...

Screensize isn't a huge selling point for me since honestly I'm just as fine with a 12" as a 17" however, I think a 15" or so would do just fine.

Wow $700 for the Dell XPS lowerend models sounds decent, I think I'll give that a look )


EDIT

Well right now it's looking like either an XPS140 or an Inspiron since the XPS series only have 10% off right now IE $70 or so, and the Inspiron I want has $300 off they both come down to about $700.

The Inspiron specs out at
Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)
15.4" Screen
512MB of DDR2 Ram
40GB HD
DVD Burner
On-board Graphics (

Comes out to $700 to $800 depending which coupon I can get to work.

XPS
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
14.1WXGA Screen
512MB DDR2 Ram
60GB HD
DVD Burner
On-board Graphics about $600 in the end.

I assume the Dual Core CPU would run a lot better then the Pentium M?

[quote34e3290165="hrdfarkr"]I'm packaging up a Dell XPS dual core (1.83) with 1/2 gig of ram and a 60g hard drive for $712 delivered.

Start from the deal listed on slickdeals right now[/quote34e3290165]


is that the big XPS or the small one?