What Dell Laptop should I get

[bigj3347]

So there is an 8% university discount i get with Dell and I was looking in to buying a thin and light notebook so i don't have to bring my speakers, monitor, desktop back and forth. I am really not that familiar with the new laptops these days and specs. I want it to be thin and light centrino, at least 512 mb ram. I am hoping to spend less than $1500, $2000 would be pushing it a little bit. any thoughts and or suggestions as to what type of dell? insprion, lattitude? or another brand if it is not as expensive and good quality. thanks

 

[jpeyton]

Keep your eye on laptop deals on Fatwallet. Sometimes it'll be Dell, but don't overlook HP/Compaq and Acer.

An 8% discount is nice, but it's worth nothing if you can get a better laptop for less from another brand. BTW, HP/Compaq offers a 6% student discount if you sign up on their website. Their 12.1" widescreen Centrino laptop (very portable, sleek looking) was $898 for the base config last week. Toss in a couple upgrades and you're still under $1100 for a fast and extremely portable widescreen Centrino laptop.

Dell also had some excellent laptop deals last week on their Small Business website. I'm typing on one of them right now; Inspiron 1150, 2.6GHz, 256MB, 30GB, Combo-Drive, Wireless-G, etc. for $649. Might not be as thin or fast as some Centrinos, but for the price it's a great deal.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

i'd get one with a pentium m, not a celeron or pentium 4. i have a pentium 4 inspiron from dell and it gets way too hot and slows down too much to play video games well. the new pentium m's have very good battery life