My daughter is here with me visiting from NY through Sunday (it's Friday afternoon). She wants to buy a notebook pc and has shown me this:

$798.00


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No Rebates Required!
14.1-inch LCD screen
CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
20 GB hard drive
256 MB DDR memory
10/100 LAN
56 Kbps modem
Windows XP Home Edition

Model No. TM233XC
Shipping & Handling
Estimated based on the lowest cost shipping method available.
$6.76

Total $804.76

I tried to talk her into a Dell but she doesn't want to hassle with rebates at all. Her uses for it will be simple web surfing, burning cd's watching an occassional DVD, and loading Office XP onto it (for work stuff).

My question is are there any other laptop deals right now? I tried searching up Acer notebooks for reviews and I'm not getting much. I know the Acer name from desktops, but that's the extent.

Is this or isn't it a good deal? TIA.

You could look at Dell Home.

E-Value Code: 1111 - 1100sap
Select:
256MB Shared DDR,266Mhz,2 Dimms,PC2100 SDRAM [add $50 or $2/month1]
SAVE $50! 24XCD-RW/DVD Combo Drive with Roxios Easy CD Creator® [add $59 or $2/month1] Watch DVDs & Burn CDs
External USB Floppy Drive [add $49 or $2/month1] *If you need it.*


Inspiron 1100
$957
$857
[You Save $100]

Much better option if you ask me.

What is the speed of the processor?

I was able to configure a dell with the configuration of this machine (minus the processor speed). Dell is also offering office XP small business with the purchase. The final price was 858 without any Small Business coupons. So if you find a nice 10% coupon you can get the machine with 2.0Ghz celeron processor for under 800. Not including Tax of course and shipping is free.


I hope it helps.







Inspiron 1100
Intel® Celeron® Processor,2.0GHz,14.1 XGA

Qty: 1


Date: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:42:32 PM CDT
Catalog Number: 4 04
Inspiron 1100: Intel® Celeron® Processor,2.0GHz,14.1 XGA AC20GHM [221-1313]
Memory: FREE Upgrade! 256MB Shared DDR, 266Mhz, (2x128mb) for the price of 128MB!! 256MZ [462-0353]
Hard Drives: 20GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 20GB [340-7266]
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices: No Floppy Drive NOFD [340-8972]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home WHXP [420-2198] [412-0408] [313-1714]
Network Adapters: Integrated Network Card INTNIC [430-0399]
Modem: Internal 56K Modem 56MPC [313-1399]
Fixed CD/DVD Drives: 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive with Roxios Easy CD Creator® 24XCDVD [313-1370] [313-1580]
Productivity Software: PROMOTIONAL OFFER! Microsoft Office XP Small Business w/ ADOBE ACROBAT 5.0 OFREESB [462-2188] [462-2190] [462-2187]
Security Software: Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer MCAFE90 [412-0328]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH MMBASE [412-0298]
Primary Battery: 94Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery LIION [312-0059]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-In Service T111YRR [950-3520] [950-9057]
Dial-Up Internet Access: 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included AOLSMB [412-0368] [420-3223]
Digital Photography: Dell Picture Studio, Image Expert® Standard DPS [412-0275] [412-0277]
Multi-Media Players: RealOne™ Player, with 14 day SuperPass trial REALBAS [412-0380]

search for compaq x1000 deal
It is the best laptop out there.
You can configure the cheapest and get it around ~$950 + no tax and free shipping.

I got one and it's very nice build, everything works fine.
Go to this forum for more infomation.
www.x1000forums.com

Hope this help

Thanks guys for your help. I was leaning with Dell but when we went in Dell's site she saw 'rebate this and rebate' that and started whining like back when she was 5 years old (no I do not miss the whining ). She doesn't want to bother with the rebates. With not much time to be shopping at that moment, I told her I'd ask in here and we'd come back to order. We're in Dell now, and thanks for the tip gametalent. We won't discount your offering.

You may want to avoid Windows ME.

If you can shell extra bucks ( actually hundreds ), that compaq X1000 is really awesome deal for the awesome lappy. Make sure you use 5% academic program + 10% CPN. Only one MIR to mess with and it plains simple. You can even register online.

if the compaq x1000 deal is such a nice deal.......

then why didn't people post it at BARGAINSHARE??????

well...........if it is such a hot deal.....and nobody else wanted to post it

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