Well, as everyone else said, the Titanium is sweet. However, if you can't shell out 3500, you can still get a decent deal. Since you are pointing at the IBM I'm assuming you don't mind a machine that comes preloaded with the Spawn of Evil (TM) and can either use that or reformat. Also, since I work retail in one of my jobs, I'll give you an idea of what you could pick up in a store.
HP does pretty well with the N5470, and Compaq is fairly comparable with the 1215US. They should fall around $2100 and $1900 respectively. Toshiba has the 4600 Satellite Pro at $2400 that is pretty good, although I'm not too crazy about the 16MB Trident as the video adapter. That is offset a bit by the fact that it's a bit more rugged than the others. Those are about the best things I see on the sales floor that I'd actually like to use for a laptop.
As for under $1000, you could actually probably dredge up a PIII or Duron 600 laptop around somewhere that would do decently.
The HP N5470 can be found here.
The Compaq 1215 can be found here.
And the Toshiba is here.
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Well, as everyone else said, the Titanium is sweet. However, if you can't shell out 3500, you can still get a decent deal. Since you are pointing at the IBM I'm assuming you don't mind a machine that comes preloaded with the Spawn of Evil (TM) and can either use that or reformat. Also, since I work retail in one of my jobs, I'll give you an idea of what you could pick up in a store. HP does pretty well with the N5470, and Compaq is fairly comparable with the 1215US. They should fall around $2100 and $1900 respectively. Toshiba has the 4600 Satellite Pro at $2400 that is pretty good, although I'm not too crazy about the 16MB Trident as the video adapter. That is offset a bit by the fact that it's a bit more rugged than the others. Those are about the best things I see on the sales floor that I'd actually like to use for a laptop. As for under $1000, you could actually probably dredge up a PIII or Duron 600 laptop around somewhere that would do decently. The HP N5470 can be found here. The Compaq 1215 can be found here. And the Toshiba is here.