Friend needs a laptop. What about this one?

[gplracer]

Here is the link: Sony at Best Buy

The final price after rebate is $1250. It comes with the following:

Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2.66GHz, with 533MHz bus
512MB DDR SDRAM for multitasking power, expandable to 1.0GB
Internal DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive

 

[CastorTr0y]

It looks like a decent deal on the whole, but for a Sony, that's a great price