[Schnabel]

If at all possible, wait until January! Right now all of the prices are going to be jacked up for the holidays, and well, January is not a very big selling season for anyone because of them. So to make up for that, places like Best Buy will put really good deals out on Sundays (Hint) that you can pick up. I know I got my last two laptops that way and both were cheap. The first one wasn't the greatest, but this one that I have now is great, for only $500 too! I have a 1.6 dual core with 2 gigs of ram (from previous laptop, originally 512mb), 80 gig HD, and a DVD burner. Not to mention the 2.5 hours of battery life!!! Just check all of the ads to your favorite electronics store during that time and you will get a good deal. WARNING!!! DO NOT BUY A LAPTOP ON BLACK FRIDAY!!! They are always bare bare minimum and normally you get more for your money (which is normally about the same price) in January!