I need suggestions for a laptop....

[aK13]

What I'm looking for:

- Something ~$1000 is ideal (up to $1500)
- 512MB - 1GB RAM
- 40-60 GB HD
- CD Burner / DVD Combo Drive
- 15.4" (or bigger) screen (wide or "square")
- Decent Video Card (something around a 64MB X300)
- No software (office, windows) needed, but not an incredibly big deal as long as it's not horribly expensive

Processor isn't a big deal, weight/thickness dependent on other specs, color doesn't matter, and if you have personal experience something that feels comfortable 4tabling on

Please provide relevant stores, links, articles, models, coupons/rebates, etc.

Thanks.

[daveymck]

Get a dell with a widescreen wxda (or whatever its called) I have on mine and 4 tables fit without overlap. Means the laptop is a bit bigger and heavier than normal ones but not hugely so.

The tables look a bit smaller thna on a normal monitor as well but is still easily playable.

[HesseJam]

I think its called WUXGA

[admiralfluff]

I have one. Dell inspiron 6000 (It's goot for poker). I found a good deal and got it for ~750. If you went to CompUSA and bought one it would probably be under 1500, but oyu could easily find one cheaper online.

[Lost Wages]

Link.

Lost Wages

[Fishwhenican]

If you want to save money on software.
Do not get Microsoft Office.
Use Openoffice
It's free, opensource and works great.
Fully compatable with MS Office files and you can even save files as PDF's if you want.

[mmmmmbrother]

[ QUOTE ]
If you want to save money on software.
Do not get Microsoft Office.
Use Openoffice
It's free, opensource and works great.
Fully compatable with MS Office files and you can even save files as PDF's if you want.

[/ QUOTE ]

best
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ever

[o0mr_bill0o]

[ QUOTE ]
I have one. Dell inspiron 6000 (It's goot for poker). I found a good deal and got it for ~750. If you went to CompUSA and bought one it would probably be under 1500, but oyu could easily find one cheaper online.

[/ QUOTE ]

yep. the 6000 is exactly what you want. got all the specs. mine ran about 1400 shipped, but i got a lot of extra goodies and such.

[obsidian]

I just received mine this week:

Inspiron 6000
2.0GHz Pentium M
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
15.4" WUXGA (1920x1200)
ATI X300 128MB
cd-rw/dvd combo

$1250 with tax and shipping. It was a $750 off $1900 coupon. Don't believe it is still running though...

[SinCityGuy]

1 Inspiron 9300,Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz/533MHz FSB) $1,261.00
1 17 inch True Life Wide Screen UXGA for Inspiron 9300 $0.00
1 512MB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9300 $0.00
1 128MB ATI and Mobility Radeon X300,for Inspiron 9300 $0.00
1 60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9300 $0.00
1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access $0.00
1 Image Restore $0.00
1 DELL SUPPORT 3.0,INSP $0.00
1 Windows Media Player 10 $0.00
1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, English, without Media, for Inspiron $0.00
1 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron $0.00
1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron $0.00
1 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron9300 $0.00
1 CyberLink PowerDVD v5.5 Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives, for Inspiron Systems $0.00
1 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g,54Mbps) for Inspiron 9300 $0.00
1 Network Associates McAfee 6.0 English, 2 Year Subscription $0.00
1 Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand $0.00
1 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery,for Inspiron 9200 $0.00
1 Dell/My Way Home Page $0.00
1 NETZERO ISP $0.00
1 Broadband Icon for Inspiron $0.00
1 AOL for Broadband $0.00
1 Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard $0.00
1 Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations $0.00
1 Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 1 Year Extended $0.00
1 2 Year Limited Warranty $0.00
1 Soft Contracts - Banctec $0.00
1 Technical Support, 1 Year Extended $0.00
1 Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year $0.00
1 Technical Support, Initial Year $0.00
1 Thank you for choosing Dell $0.00
1 Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition $0.00

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Sub-Total $1,261.00
Shipping $24.00
Tax $96.40
Total Price $1,381.40