Good places to buy laptops

[Cogman]

I am helping a teacher at our school buy a laptop. My problem is I only know a few trustable places to go for good laptops. I need a few recomendations for where to go. So far Im thinking,

Powernotebooks.com
newegg.com (yah not much for laptops, but they are great at everything else )
dell.com

Any other recommendations would be great. I really dont know what he is looking for, but im guessing best bang for the buck.

As a side note, he found northgate.com, I have nver heard of it and have a sneaking suspicion that it is not to be trusted, (1 review at resellerratings saying they canceled order after a Product in stock mess)

 

[Cogman]

here is an update from him, He says that he has to have,
512MB of ram
DVD/CD-RW Drive
about a 1-2 hour battery life.
1200-1300 price range,

The only one I can find in those specifications is the Dell 8600,

 

[Corporate Thug]

1-2 hour battery life, lol

not very demanding

get a dell 600m

 

[Cogman]

I know, But he was very specific that it HAD to have 512 of that DDR ram, And it HAD to have CD/DVD ROM, But I found a few that meet the requirments nicly, here they are

Compaq Presario X1018CL PC Notebook -- TigerDirect.com $1099.97
Toshiba Satellite A35-S159 (psa30u-1tc4cv) PC Notebook -- computers4sure.com $1276.95
Toshiba Satellite A15-S157 (psa10u-01c8wv) PC Notebook -- datavis.com $999.99
Toshiba Satellite 2435-S255 (2435S255) PC Notebook -- datavis.com $1099.99
Toshiba A45-S150 PC Notebook -- datavis.com $1199.99
Acer TravelMate 290 (lx.t3505.207) PC Notebook -- computers4sure.com $1222.95
Dell 600M -- dell.com $$1199.00

 

[Darien]

iBook with 512MB of RAM is ~1200. less with .edu discount.

 

[RickH]

Dell.com and buy the extended 3 year service. Laptops die. You will need it. R