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  1. 07-29-2004, 10:28 PM #1
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    Anywhere you can find a NEW laptop for $600?

    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....
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    At $600, you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel. HERE's 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.)
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    $650 after Rebate, XP processor

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    the one @ walmart is perfect and exceeds what i was expecting @ that price....good find ...thanx a lot guys
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    Kind of gives you hope, seeing really cheap laptops. You know it won't be long before more distributors lower prices and increase quality.
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    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
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    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.

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