http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115327

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834114158

1/16/2006 10:45:42 AM

The acer has a bigger screen, hard drive, and more ram, and is cheaper.

I know which one I would buy out of those two.

1/16/2006 11:02:54 AM

acers are very well priced, i've said it a few times. im very happy with mine and it was the same thing as competitors priced $2-400 mores

1/16/2006 11:06:18 AM

slickdeal on a dell

1/16/2006 11:09:21 AM

wait for black friday

1/16/2006 11:43:08 AM

had a dell, and in 2 months i replaced screen, power adapter and wireless card. build quality=ZERO. never again, althogh i must say their specs are better than other manufacturers in the comparable price range. i guess thats the trade off.

i think ill bite the bullet and get acer.

1/16/2006 12:10:06 PM

while I would agree that dell has been trash in the past, their newest lines are pretty decent, especially the 700m and all those other ones with that white trim on the casing. gotta keep in mind dell doesn't build or design all of their laptops, all these "manufacturers" buy the boards from a select few companies and then just put their cases around them.

1/16/2006 12:15:00 PM

dell had some $500-ish inspiron model with a widescreen that I got to check out briefly, and the impression I got was that it was a stout little machine, build-wise.

I forget the exact model, but it had a mobile celeron, 40 gig, 256 megs of ram, and DVD writer.

not exactly a powerhouse, but I was pretty amazed at what 500 bucks could get you these days.

1/16/2006 2:11:21 PM