Best time to buy laptop? pre or post "back to school"

[ravedave]

Right now there are some decent deals out there for what I am looking at ($900-1000 or so athlon laptop)
Should I buy now or wait till mid september and hope for some post school deals?

I guess another way to ask this is:
Does the "back to school" blitz drive prices up due to demand or down due to competition?

 

[Abhi]

If you can live with celerons, Dell has a $674 + tax deal on the Inspiron 1000 ...

 

[3chordcharlie]

My experience is that it drives prices up, if anything, and that August and September ae the worst months of the year to shop for a laptop.

The back to school special laptop being advertised at the 'local Best Buy' is $100 more than the same item was, regular price, 2 months ago.

 

[ravedave]

really? I am seeing $900 athlon laptops that were $900 last week but have 20GB more disk space.

Heh I hate Dell and Celeys...