Did a search and could not find it posted elsewhere. this model is available today at $729.99 Decent specs for the money, I have been looking for a college laptop for my daughter and Dell deals are few and far between these days. Not available at Best buy B&M today. This price is from the New york times BB flyer for this Sunday 7/6.

Now available online, priced out at Dell.com at $783

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8880874&productCategoryId=abcat0502003&type=product&id=1210982227895

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Doesn't appear to be available for in-store pickup. Not too bad. Wish it was a little closer to $500. After tax and shipping it is more than I want to spend. Good find though!!

I went to take this laptop from a best buy store and the guy over there told me that they are getting regular complaints for this model in last two days only they have got two returns on this.

Can someone tell whether this is a good deal or not?

Thanks,
Gaurav

My friend just went to BB today to get a laptop and this is the one she chose. I recommended not getting a Dell, since I've had horrible experiences with their hardware & customer service, but it was just so much cheaper than the rest of the laptops there (by about $250 for the nearest same-config). They had a similar Dell with the same case and less memory/harddrive for $50 more, not on sale.

My impressions, it looks like a very nice laptop. Thin enough, not too heavy (but not a lightweight), good shape. Lots of ports and features, and the same config on Dell.com is about $1000. The warranty card says something about being serviced by bestbuy, I hope that you can still send it in if you have to since my friend doesn't have a bestbuy near where she lives. But if it weren't for my misgivings about Dell itself, I would really like this little laptop (so far). For now, I'm holding my breath.

Comes with a ton of crap, but not too bad. First thing is to uninstall all the junk they put on and add some reasonable ones instead.

Anyone installed XP on it? If so, was there any problems?

screwmesa said:I picked this up last night and have no complaints! The laptop is quick enough for what I'll be using it for (college courses/browsing/light photoshop) and the fit and finish is suprising for $600.

Uninstall they're software (norton, works, etc) and you have a great laptop for the price in my opinion.

BTW, it has hdmi, vga, and s-video outputs, for those looking to connect to a home theater, it also has dual headphone outputs and comes with a decent set of noise cancelling earbuds in the box.

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