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Help me Buy a Laptop

Mar 9, 2005 12:16AM PST

I am starting grad school, and I want a centrino M processor, with at least 1.8Ghz. I would love 1Gb ram, but 512 will suffice. Hard drive should be 60Gb.

I have been looking at Dell 6000, Dell 700M, HP DV1000.

I have used the HP, and the 4200RPM is slow!!! I am from Canada, so we cannot customize from HP, we must buy as pre-configured, so I cannot upgrade that HD.

Is there another laptop I should be looking at. I wanted to spend $1500-1600 USD

I don't want the laptop weghing more then 6.8 pounds.

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