Dell Home has Dell Studio 15 Laptop for $754 when you select following options.

1. Choose "Jet Black [subtract $25]"
2. Remove "Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal (2.0) [subtract $20]"
3. At checkout, select "free 2-business day shipping"

* Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 2.16GHz, 15.4" WXGA, 3GB, 320GB
* DVD Burner, 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450, Vista Premium
* Wireless-G, Webcam, Finger Print Reader, 1 year warranty

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Any comments? I am looking for a good deal on a mid-level laptop

yeah, my bf just bought me the Studio series laptop for my birthday, i'm using it now and i love this laptop. the one they're selling is slightly faster though with twice as much hard drive space... and i think he paid more too. =T so this is a good deal imo. Does anyone know Dell's policy, do they do price match or something??

lilsmiles said:yeah, my bf just bought me the Studio series laptop for my birthday, i'm using it now and i love this laptop. the one they're selling is slightly faster though with twice as much hard drive space... and i think he paid more too. =T so this is a good deal imo. Does anyone know Dell's policy, do they do price match or something??

Definitely call them if the purchase was within the last 2 or 3 weeks. At worst they'll say no, but in many cases they will give you some sort of refund

I've got a Dell Dimension 8250 desktop and am looking to buy my first laptop for voice over audio recording, light video editing, some Photoshop and CS3 use, web browsing, etc.

I was seriously looking at MacBooks but for 1/2 the price I figure I can get a good PC laptop. I'm not really familiar with Vista but have heard enough bad things about it to go with a laptop that can support XP. I'd like to keep the weight down so I'm leaning towards a 15" laptop.

I'm leaning towards Dell because of how surprised and happy I was going from home-built machines (486s and Pentiums) to Dell's support and the easy access to all of the peripherals inside.

Is Dell still one of the better brands? Any others you recommend?

Also, any web sites that I should check out that might help determine processor, graphics card, etc.?

That's a pretty good deal. If you buy it on eBay, it'll be less than 600 bucks if you include the CashBack and 10% coupon.

Haifa said:Thanks! Ordered one

i think u should cancel the order because new montevia CPUs and motherboards were just released on 7-14, so expect the prices of these "old" laptops to decrease even more in the upcoming weeks.

Vista's problems only started with performance issues. Windows 2009 (or whatever they are already talking about) next up!!!

daveem said:iceui2 said:That's a pretty good deal. If you buy it on eBay, it'll be less than 600 bucks if you include the CashBack and 10% coupon.

If you don't mind I'd like to see how you came up with those numbers. The cheapest buy it now is $795 + $20 shipping. I can see getting close to $700 but not under $600.

Thanks,
Dave

25% off by live.com CashBack and then if you qualify for the additional 10% eBay coupon you can stack that as well

600 is not quite likely. I saw sb selling it at $1000+30, or $680 after live search Cash Back and 10% coupon. The coupon is not for everyone, so it's possible you need to pay $780.

If you buy direct from Dell, you may also get 3% off DPA and 3% FatCash, bring it down to around $710, plus tax.