Just ordered myself a new laptop! my other one took a dump on Sunday night. I think I'll be pretty pleased with my purchase once I get it. Here's the specs:

Dell Inspiron 6000d
Intel Pentium M Processor 750 (1.86 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
XP Home
15.4 Ultrasharp WUXGA LCD Panel
1GB DDR2 SDRAM
128MB DDR ATI's Mobility Radeon X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics
60 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Drive
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g 54Mbps)
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

 

must be nice to have money like that!!

 

Cool, I just built me a new one a couple weeks ago.

AMD athlon 64 3200+ w/HT
Gigabyte ga-k8nf-9 nforce 4 mobo
1 gb corsair pc3200 ram
MSI nvidia 6600gt graphics (pci ex16)
120 gb maxtor sata hdd
zalman 7000b-cu heatsink
MGE viper case (red/black) w/500w psu
And STILL waiting for Win XP 64 bit edition

I want a laptop soooo bad though. My next computer will probably be an apple ibook.

 

Yup, tax refund time is better than Christmas!! (or at least a good time to get caught back up FROM Christmas)

 

yeah unfortunately most of the money came out of my car fund and now i'm picking more hours up at my part time job becuase of it. looks like i won't be getting my 3 until late summer early winter.

p.s. i didn't really spend that much. it's a $2300 system which I only paid $1500 for. gotta love Dell's deals but hate their tech support.

 

dell's a rip off man if you think they have good deals you should definately goto best buy and custom build one.

I got my computer for 600$ last year and the specs are

AMD 2600+
ATI 9600 pro 128MB
60 GB 7200 HD
win XP pro
1 gig 2700 RAM
17inch moniter
and logitech speakers with 6 inch sub

 

custom is t3h(sorry in a computer mood now) way to go, if you were to get an equal system from a manufacturer, youll be paying a lot more...I built mine right about this time last year after saving b-day and x-mas money

AMD 2800+ barton
ASUS A7N9X-E Deluxe Mobo
ATI Radeon 9800 pro
80GB western digital hard drive
1GB pc 3200 corsair ram
creative sound blaster audigy 2 platinum ZS
Logitech Z-680 5.1 500 watt surround speakers(expensive but beautiful!!!)
Thermaltake Xaser III case (very big!)

A nice computer! for anybody considering building one to try to save some bills, go for it! its not too hard, and IGN recetly made this guide to picking parts and building one, its pretty good!... http://gear.ign.com/articles/579/579077p1.html
Later

 

I envy your AMD 64!! lol, but yeah the new windows which actually makes good of the 64 bit I think is coming out later this year or sometime 2006....Nice set-up, how much it set you back?

 

Eh, about $1100 give or take. A little more than I wanted to spend in the first place, but I think it will be worth it in the long run not having to upgrade for a year or two.

 

exactly, thats whats great about custom, and if you want or need to change it, you can just swap stuff out even easier.