$1000 to spend

[1kayaker]

Requirements:
less than 5lb
thin and portable
at least 2.5 hr battery life
512 ram
dvd +- burner
centrino, pentium m, or Turion
discrete video (a plus but not required)
pcmcia slot
firewire (a plus but not required)

 

[Trippytiger]

A Gateway M250 should fit the bill, or a Dell 700M if you want something a little smaller.

 

[ai42]

Compaq V2000/V2000Z or HP DV1000 series.

I have a Dell 700m and I'm am not thrilled about the non-full size keyboard.

 

[John]

Inspiron 700m

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 735 (1.70 GHz/400MHz FSB)12.1-in WXGA, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Unit Price $1,506.00

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Inspiron 700m Intel® Pentium® M Processor 735 (1.70 GHz/400MHz FSB)12.1-in WXGA
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM 2 Dimms
Hard Drive 60 GB Hard Drive
Network Adapters Integrated Network Card
Modem Internal 56K Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
Office Productivity Software No productivity suite - Corel WordPerfect word processor only
Security Software No Security Subscription
Digital Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Primary Battery 4-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (32WHr)
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Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience? with Remote Control

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[The Linuxator]

How about this Thinkpad for $849 !!!

free 512Mb memory too

 

[fbrdphreak]

The R50e Linuxator linked is not a bad deal. Unfortunately the R-series are relatively heavy at over 6lbs and are very thick (~1.5" IIRC).

For $1K you're not going to get discrete graphics that are worth a damn so I wouldn't even bother; take the better battery life and minimal performance impact of an integrated GPU (just make sure its GMA900).

The HP dv1000 is Sonoma based, thus GMA900 GPU, and is very reasonably priced. If you're a student you can get an additional discount.
Another choice might be a Dell 600m, as they have coupons all the time, but I personally am not impressed w/the build quality (esp the keyboard). If you have the money, go for a Latitude (like D510 or D610).

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
The R50e Linuxator linked is not a bad deal. Unfortunately the R-series are relatively heavy at over 6lbs and are very thick (~1.5" IIRC).

For $1K you're not going to get discrete graphics that are worth a damn so I wouldn't even bother; take the better battery life and minimal performance impact of an integrated GPU (just make sure its GMA900).

The HP dv1000 is Sonoma based, thus GMA900 GPU, and is very reasonably priced. If you're a student you can get an additional discount.
Another choice might be a Dell 600m, as they have coupons all the time, but I personally am not impressed w/the build quality (esp the keyboard). If you have the money, go for a Latitude (like D510 or D610).

I did realise this info, but the weight isn't really bad, plus it's Made of very thick ABS plastic not like Compaq or dell , you get a 1 year free warranty and an extra 512mb of ram, I from experiences, have seen dells come and go but IBM once they come they aren't leaving for a long period of time.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator
I did realise this info, but the weight isn't really bad, plus it's Made of very thick ABS plastic not like Compaq or dell , you get a 1 year free warranty and an extra 512mb of ram, I from experiences, have seen dells come and go but IBM once they come they aren't leaving for a long period of time.

This is very true. The ABS plastic is thick making the build quality comparable to a T-series. I just reviewed an R52 and the build quality was good, just thick & heavy.