I can get one for $1700 plus 9.25% sales tax making it $1857.

The config would be:

Pentium M 1.5 GHZ
15.4" WSXGA+
512MB DDR
40GB
9600 pro
DVDRW

Seems pretty nice to me. Only thing that would make a big difference is a 60GB HDD, but that's $100 more and I don't think it's worth that for 20GB extra. Is there a way I can add a 2nd HDD later?