Need to Purchase New Laptops

[penetrator]

Looking to purchase two new LAPTOPs under $850 each.

one will be use for a college kid, the other for engineering/homebuilding designs and stuff.

any ideas is appreciated

 

[penetrator]

Thanks.

 

[dwnsouth]

catch the Sunday paper and look for Toshiba

buy some RAM to make it 2GB's

 

[lilcee_atlanta]

go to dell.com/outlet they have some good laptops going at good prices.

 

[kjxxxx]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=cabcat0502000~~nf510%7C%7C41636572&list=y&nrp=15&sc=abComputerSP&sp=%2Bbrand+skuid&usc=abcat0500000&DCMP=KNC-TLC&ref=30&loc=KW-1521

New! Acer - Extensa TK-55 Laptop
Model: EX4420-5237 SKU: 8691695
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 processor TK-55; 2GB DDR2 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 14.1" widescreen; 160GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium

Reg. Price: $649.99
You Save: $150.00
Sale: $499.99


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• Intel Core 2 Duo T5450
• 250GB hard drive
• Built-in wireless 802.11abgn
• 2GB of DDR2 memory
• Burns DVDs and CDs
• Built-in webcam
Price was:
$799.99
You save:
-$130.00
See available rebates
You pay:
$669.99
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http://www.amazon.com/5050-5430-Computer-Dual-Core-Dual-Layer-Windows/dp/B000XUZIIG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1202772183&sr=1-1
Acer Aspire 5050-5430 14.1" Laptop Computer (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-53, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Dual-Layer DVD-RW, WXGA, Windows Vista Home Premium)
Acer Aspire 5050-5430 14.1" Laptop Computer (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-53, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Dual-Layer DVD-RW, WXGA, Windows Vista Home Premium)
Buy new: $648.72

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http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Acer%20Laptops&search-type=ss&index=electronics

http://www.bizrate.com/laptopcomputers/brand--acer/products__att259--43160-.html

 

[penetrator]

Thanks for all your help, but i ended up purchasing two sony FZ series. I have a sony now and it's been working fine so I am going to stick to this brand.

Again, TNX.