Best lappy for under 1200?

[coolqf]

AMD Athlon 64 ™ 3200+ Processor
15.4" WXGA Widescreen TFT (1280 x 800) display with BrightView
128MB ATI Radeon ® XPress 200M
wifi b/g // bluetooth // NIC // Modem
6-in-1 reader
WinXP Pro
512MB of ram
80GB HD (5400RPM)
8x DVD+/-RW and CD-RW Combo Drive
Is this good for $1150?

Anybody know of a better AND cheaper, or at same price, rig?

I'm only aiming for Pentium M or Ahtlon 64.

Any info is appreciated!!

[skoechle]

thats a really good deal IMO... where did u find that?

[proxops-pete]

Office Depot...
Yes, it's a very good deal... if you just get vanilla, after rebates, it's $500 (+tax & shipping).

[skoechle]

Originally posted by proxops-pete
Office Depot...
Yes, it's a very good deal... if you just get vanilla, after rebates, it's $500 (+tax & shipping).

I'm assuming that u can only see it in the stores, cuz I didnt see that on their site.

[coolqf]

It's from Costco. I heard Office Depot has a better deal, but because of rebates and instant discounts, which are mostly rebates.
With costco
1050-laptop (a $750 instant discount)
50-mail in rebate
999.99-subtotal (+tax)

I'd consider the Office Depot, but that would require going directly to the store. Thats time, transportation, and more tax (because much gets taxed before the mail in rebate. The difference would only be $50. I'll suffer the tax and do it all form home instead!
Besides, Costco has a 6 month return policy (incase anything happens).

[proxops-pete]

Originally posted by skoechle
I'm assuming that u can only see it in the stores, cuz I didnt see that on their site.

Yes, it's in-store only... but I still think it's better than many other sales... including Dell... I'm not very fond of Dell lappies... My brother was burned pretty badly by them... over-priced... My Compaq is awesome (!gasp!) for a lappie!!

[coolqf]

Originally posted by proxops-pete
Yes, it's in-store only... but I still think it's better than many other sales... including Dell... I'm not very fond of Dell lappies... My brother was burned pretty badly by them... over-priced... My Compaq is awesome (!gasp!) for a lappie!!

Over-priced is pretty universal... The cost of 1000 from costco would cost 1550 directly from HP... Just gotta know where to shop.