Anywhere you can find a NEW laptop for $600?

[nanokooshball]

My friend is trying to look for a laptop for $600 that is BRAND new.......prefferably NOT a northwood based celeron....celeron Ds are okay....proly looking for an Athlon XP....or i guess the most likely would be a Pentium 3 laptop....but it has to be brand new.....even $700 is okay....

[SkyDog]

At $600, you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel. HERE's (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3163026&cat=4070&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A4070) an ECS notebook with an Athlon XP 1600+ for $598, but you'll need some extra RAM and I have no idea what the build quality is like.

Another option is to keep an eye out for Dell sales and rebates. They run all sorts of offers like $150 rebates all the time. (You can find those deals at a lot of "bargain" web sites like dealcatcher.com.)

[mynameis]

$650 after Rebate, XP processor (http://www.slickdeals.org/?fromMonth=7&fromDay=13&fromYear=2004&toMonth=7&toDay=24&toYear=2004&site=slickdeals&pastdeals=Go#p4957)

[nanokooshball]

the one @ walmart is perfect and exceeds what i was expecting @ that price....good find :D ...thanx a lot guys

[Mr Cherry]

Kind of gives you hope, seeing really cheap laptops. You know it won't be long before more distributors lower prices and increase quality.

[nanokooshball]

what you could do to that laptop is get a mobile XP2600+ and just replace the cpu with that.....and then a 128mb stick for $20......that's a $720 laptop.....you proly wont be able to find one that good for that cheap

[mynameis]

Originally posted by nanokooshball
what you could do to that laptop is get a mobile XP2600+ and just replace the cpu with that.....and then a 128mb stick for $20......that's a $720 laptop.....you proly wont be able to find one that good for that cheap

Look at the link I posted above, for only $650 you would get those specs and still have a warranty since it wouldn't be modified.

[nanokooshball]

ya but my friend doesn't really want to mess around with rebates and the guy isnt entirely sure that the $100 rebate works...