ok- im going with Dell. its going to be for college, and i want it to last as long as possible, but i dont want to spend an arm and a leg. i also want it to be lightweight and have wireless in it, SO a centrino is about right
and im probably going to be getting the 1.4 instead of the 1.6...the extra $300-$500 doesnt back up merely 200 mhz.
anyways- im considering the Inspiron 600M w/ a 1.4, 40 gig 5400 hard drive, the 384mb ram, 64 mb radeon 9000, and SXGA+ display...all of it for $1748 b/f tax

oh, and they have an option to get the Dell wlan instead of the intel- dell is 802.11 b/g whereas the intel is just 802.11 b...if i get the dell wlan, would that not make the notebook a Centrino?

so how does it sound? good deal? last me well?

btw- if it helps with telling me whether itll suit me well, im going to be going into computer science

thx in advance!