Picked this up last night


DELL XPS M1330 (on sale for $1049 + $99 for the Accidental, reg: $1249 + $99)

13.3" Screen
Alpine White
Intel Core Duo: 2MB cache/1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB
Vista Home Premium
Webcam & Fingerprint scanner
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz)
160GB Hard Drive
CD/DVD burner
Intel Next Gen Wifi-N
Bluetooth
6 cell battery
Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 YR Lo-Jack
1 YR Accidental Damage Warranty

 

all these opinions on forum and no responses, oh well


edit: now we're getting somewhere thanx everyone

 

Been looking myself Timmy....Maybe when someone chimes-in...they can help me out, also....!!!!!!

 

You need to determine how much you want to spend and how you want to use it. They are all good at this point in the game. For a real good one, plan on $1300 to $1700 and 2 years of good hard use before it is outdated and parts are not available to repair it. I deal in the used suff. Also, look at factory refurbished since there are some good deals there. And make sure you get a 3 year warrantee.

 

I bought a Dell desktop last year and it's been great. I have a Dell laptop at work, and it's so-so. It was fine until i put autocad on it. At the time, they had the best deals around, IMO.

http://www.dellauction.com/

 

i bought an hp pavillion dv6000 a couple months ago and since then so have a few friends. seems to work great for what i use it for (which is nothing crazy at all)
and was reasonably priced!! hope that helps

Brandon

 

I am on my third Dell laptop and have had very little problems. I do by the better Latitude line and extended warranty. Both well worth the cost.

We supply our road people with the same laptops and beat the hell out of them with little problems.

 

That's exactly what I have, and my only gripe is that it was that widescreen format, which IMO is terrible for computing. Good for movie viewing, but that's it.

One thing I did was to go to the nearest MicroCenter and check out the keyboards. The HP had by far the nicest keyboard for me - I would have hated any other option I might have chosen.

JonasM

 

Thanks everyone Narrowed it down to 2 choices & I put the major differences in bold


My NEW 1st Choice:
DELL XPS M1330 (as built: $1250)
13.3" Screen
Intel Core Duo (2MB cache/1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB)
Vista Home Premium
Webcam & Fingerprint scanner
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz)
120 GB Hard Drive
CD/DVD burner
Intel Next Gen Wifi-N
Bluetooth
9 cell battery
Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 YR Lo-Jack
3 YR In-Home Warranty


NOW my 2st Choice:
Toshiba Satellite U300/305 (as built: $1194)
13.3" Screen
Intel Core Duo (2MB cache/1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB)
Vista Home Premium
Webcam & Fingerprint scanner
2048MB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz)
80 GB Hard Drive
CD/DVD burner
Intel Next Gen Wifi-N
Bluetooth
6 cell battery
Centrino Core Duo Processor
Microsoft Office 2007 Basic (excel, word, outlook)


My OLD 2nd Choice:
DELL XPS M1330 (as built: $1200)
13.3" Screen
Intel Core Duo (2MB cache/1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB)
Vista Home Premium
Webcam & Fingerprint scanner
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz)
80 GB Hard Drive
CD/DVD burner
Intel Next Gen Wifi-N
Bluetooth
9 cell battery
Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 YR Lo-Jack

 

I've had dell , HP / compaq , sony , gateway , apple and toshiba (yea i'm a comp nut) The apple has been by far the best computer , but pricey and if you don't know how to use it don't bother. The HP / Compaq stuff is my next favorite. A) if you have a problem they take care of you with overnight shipping and a 3 day turn around B) there product vs price is pretty nice. Check Newegg.com or even their own site. If you afford an IBM though those are pretty bullet proof also. , Lastly if you don't have at least a gig of ram and your using Vista your going to be pissed. I've had 2 computers with vista and actually "downgraded" them both to XP and ran sooo much faster and smoother.