Helping Friend Buy a Laptop

[gurusan]

So my friend wants a laptop for school...he wants it to be able to play CSS smoothly and it should be future proof for a few years.

Now from my research this seems to be a pretty good deal...am I wrong? Can anyone point me to a better one? (he's just starting college so I figure Accidental Damage protection is a great idea) I speak from experience. beer+laptop = zap

All this for $1,270.94 shipped. Seems like a great deal to me:
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Operating System Genuine Windows XP Home Edition

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2500 (2.0 GHz)

Display FREE Upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!

Graphics Card 128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400

Memory FREE Upgrade to 1.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x512MB)!!

Hard Drive 100 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive

Primary CD/DVD Drive FREE Upgrade: 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support

Networking Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control

Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money

HP extended service plans: 2-year HP Accidental Damage Protection with Express Repair extended service plan

 

[Drizo]

You could build a laptop from using a barebones laptop from Asus, then buy the rest of the hardware from newegg or zzf. I remember that I came up with a $1480 figure for a loaded configuration of 2gb ram, T2600 cpu, 120gb hdd, x1600 pro gpu. Compared to a similarily configured macbook pro which would of ran $2900.

http://www.avadirect.com/Parts/Notebook_Barebones/Core_Duo_Notebook_Barebones

 

[gurusan]

If it was me I would never buy a manufactured computer of any kind (except pocketpc...not much you can do there)

But it's not...also his parents are funding some of it so they want a warranty and all that.

 

[Drizo]

Then yeah it looks like a good deal, its about the same price as if you were going to buy all the components and build it yourself.

 

[gurusan]

K so he ordered it and payed about 1250 shipped. A **** good deal.

Points of puter:

-2.0 ghz Core Duo
-2 gb DDR-2
-128mb geforce 7400go

Seems like a great deal to me


Operating System Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
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Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2500 (2.0 GHz)
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Display 15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1280x800)
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Graphics Card 128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
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Memory 2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
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Hard Drive 100 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
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Primary CD/DVD Drive FREE Upgrade: 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support
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Networking Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
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TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control
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Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
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Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money
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HP extended service plans 1-year HP Accidental Damage Protection with Express Repair extended service plan
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