After spending the past sveral weeks trying to decide what laptop to buy, hunting around for a good deal, and then trying to bring myself to actually spend the money, I went ahead tonight and ordered a new Dell Inspiron laptop for school.
it's a good thing that I have a hard time spending money on myself. Dell has a habit of changing their prices every week, and by waiting two weeks I cut about $50 off the final price of the system, plus got a bit better bang for my buck by way of a slightly larger screen.
Here's the configuration I ordered:
Dell Inspiron 1150
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.80GHz
15-in XGA screem
Windows XP Pro
512 Mb RAM
40GB HD
8x DVD-ROM
Built-in wifi, modem, and network cards
Extended cell battery
1 year warranty
And all for under $1,000.
Given the limited budget I had to work with, I think I got pretty good bang for my buck. The tradeoff I'll be making is this laptop is no lightweight; it will weigh in at close to 8 pounds. Still, I'm pretty psyched.
Comments (1)
My pentium 3 lap top with 1 G hard drive, 128 megs of ram and weighing in at 12 pounds, cost $4k.
I think your getting a steal! I'm calling the cops!
Posted by Dexter Herron | January 11, 2005 8:33 AM