need good deal on a laptop for speech-control development

[Garrett Goebel]

Best Buy has a deal on their website for a Toshiba Satellite Celeron 2.8GHz,
512MB RAM, 40+GB HD w/ printer for $750 after rebates. I saw a flyer this
weekend for the same system at Best Buy for $699. The $50 off deal may be
for walk-ins.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmprd21600050000
<http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmprd21600050000&skuId=99992150
0050000&type=product&cmp> &skuId=999921500050000&type=product&cmp=++


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Garrett Goebel
IS Development Specialist

ScriptPro                   Direct: 913.403.5261
5828 Reeds Road               Main: 913.384.1008
Mission, KS 66202              Fax: 913.384.2180
www.scriptpro.com          garrett at scriptpro.com



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From: owner-kclug at kclug.org [mailto:owner-kclug at kclug.org] On Behalf Of jeff
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:58 PM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: need good deal on a laptop for speech-control development
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Does anyone know where to get a good deal on a laptop?  I need these specs
or better: used or new,  2 GHz, 512MB ram, 20GB hd, and a price under $1000.
I'm using this laptop for development of my speech-controlled digital
jukebox and its music management software suite.  I don't need this laptop
to run linux, though I will be eventually porting this software to linux.
I'll buy a new laptop when I port to linux.

So far I have checked Newegg.com, Pricewatch, and ebay.  This is the best
deal I found on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=34-115-125
<http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=34-115-125&depa=1
> &depa=1
Acer Notebook Aspire 1355LC Athlon XP-M 2600+, 15.0" TFT, 512MB, 40GB,
DVD/CD-RW, WinXP Pro

Mail me here or off list if you know of a better deal.
Thanks,
Jeff