$479: TOSHIBA Satellite L505D-LS5010 NoteBook AMD Athlon II M300(2.0GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR2 800 250GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon 4100 - Retail
Honestly, I would guess the price of older Core2Duos will go down in price, as Intel has released the Nehelem cores back in January. I suspect liquidation would start this summer, but that's just my guess.
I have a HP Pavilion dv2000, and it's great, except for the fact that HP skimped on design of the GMU heatsink. This means the temperature spikes to 85 Celcius when I play games. Kinda crappy, actually. Other than that, I'm seeing laptop prices dip as vendors prepare for new ones. I would suggest you wait till the summer/fall to purchase a decent Core2, but as I peruse Newegg, I see decent laptops for under $500. Also, don't bother with SSDs yet, they're still the size of flash memory sticks, and the benefit isn't justified unless you're a news reporter who needs that little shaving of weight and battery life in trade for a drive that's 1/40th the size of conventional laptop HDs.
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Date: 2010-03-24 07:42 pm (UTC)Honestly, I would guess the price of older Core2Duos will go down in price, as Intel has released the Nehelem cores back in January. I suspect liquidation would start this summer, but that's just my guess.
I have a HP Pavilion dv2000, and it's great, except for the fact that HP skimped on design of the GMU heatsink. This means the temperature spikes to 85 Celcius when I play games. Kinda crappy, actually. Other than that, I'm seeing laptop prices dip as vendors prepare for new ones. I would suggest you wait till the summer/fall to purchase a decent Core2, but as I peruse Newegg, I see decent laptops for under $500. Also, don't bother with SSDs yet, they're still the size of flash memory sticks, and the benefit isn't justified unless you're a news reporter who needs that little shaving of weight and battery life in trade for a drive that's 1/40th the size of conventional laptop HDs.
My two cents, anyway. /v/gmas.