I travel alot and i am  looing for a good Laptop and printer to use
when i travel. I am looking for something fast and must have a cd
burner and dvd reader, prise is not a problem. I would like a list of
Laptops and rather then lots of text but some little text is fine.

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Request for Question Clarification by endo-ga on 06 Jun 2003 06:10 PDT

Hi,

What country do you want to purchase it from?
Would you prefer features/speed and monitor size over smaller and
slimmer laptops, which weigh less?

Thanks.
endo

Hi,

Thanks for your question.
I believe I have rounded up a good selection of notebooks that suit
your needs.
If for any reason you are not satisfied with my choices, please let me
know and
I'll look for more appropriate ones.

I have gone for the same printer each time, because it seems to be
very popular and portable. It is also available in all 3 shops I've
looked into.

Please note that the prices quoted are correct at time of research,
and that these may vary at any time, some of the Dell machines are
subject to special *free* upgrades, which expire in about a week.

All weights are approximate and exclude the weight of the printer.
Another point: you have to have a trade-off between weight and screen
size, you cannot have a large screen and a very light laptop, sorry.

First off notebooks by Dell, which is a reputable manufacturer and
well known for its very good customer service. Dell systems are also
available worldwide.

The following notebook has a 14" screen and is relatively light, comes
with all the features you require and some more.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/model_inspn_inspn_600m.htm
Inspiron 600m
Intel Pentium®M,1.6GHz,14.1SXGA+ ATI 64MB Video
Please not this a Centrino CPU, so it is very fast for its speed in
GHz.
$1,798 Before $150 Mail-in Rebate
384MB RAM
30GB Hard drive
24XCD-RW/DVD Combo
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 WLAN (802.11b, 11Mbps) miniPCI Card
Weight: 5lbs
1 year warranty



The following machine is a bit bigger, comes with a 15" screen, and is
a bit more powerful.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/model_inspn_inspn_8500.htm
Inspiron 8500
$1,719 Before $250 Mail-in Rebate
Weight: 7lbs 
15.4" screen
32MB DDR ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000
Mobile Pentium® 4 Processor,2GHz
512MB RAM
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive 
30GB Hard drive



Here is the link on the Dell site for the Canon i70 Color Bubble Jet
Printer.
It costs $249.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?skus=A0091345&category_id=4&keyword=&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&sku=A0091345&mnfsku=&SearchType=&Page=productlisting.aspx&spagenum=1&Pageb4Search=&InStock=&items_per_page=25&orderby=&image_flag=True&refurbished=&c=us&l=en&cs=19&iCompatid=

Please note that if you don't have a USB cable for the printer, you
might want to add one for $20 when ordering the notebook.

You might also want to see if you can redeem the following rebate:
http://www.dell.com/downloads/us/dhs/rebates/systems.pdf




Next is a very good deal from Gateway, another well-established PC
brand.

This is a very powerful machine at a very good price, it is a bit
heavier but this again is due to the 15" screen.

http://www.gateway.com/home/prod/hm_400sppl_proddetail.shtml
Gateway® 400SP Plus
$1,097.00 	  
After removing carrying case and upgrading memory to 512mb
Mobile Intel® Celeron® Processor 2.2GHz with 256K cache
512MB RAM
30GB Hard Drive
Integrated 6 in 1 memory card reader
Integrated 24x/10x/24x CD-RW / 8x DVD combo
15" XGA TFT Active Matrix
Integrated Intel® graphics with dynamic video memory technology
Weight: 7.2 lbs

Here is the link for the printer:

http://accessories.gateway.com/AccessoryStore/Hardware_316441/Printers_316848/Portable+Printers_316860/1991387_ProdDetail.htm
Canon i70 Color Bubble Jet Printer
$230.95 	

Gateway has free shipping to USA.



My third choice of a retailer is PCMALL. It offers a very wide
selection of laptops at this URL:
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/cat/Systems/Notebooks/category.asp


Picked from there I can propose:

A well specced notebook if you add the extra 256MB of RAM, 15" screen
and not too heavy.

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=140735
Evo N800c Notebook 
base price: $1,199.00
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 1.8GHz, 128MB DDR SDRAM, 30GB hard
drive, DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, 56K/NIC, 15" TFT XGA, Microsoft Windows
XP Pro
Weight: 7 lbs
To which you really want to add Compaq 256MB (266MHZ DDR SDRAM) for
$79.00 (the link is on the right of the page), this will give you
384MB RAM.


Here are 2 more HPAQ notebooks:

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=149520
nx9010 Notebook 
base price: $1,099.00
complete specs are here:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11599_div/11599_div.HTML

Intel Celeron processor 2.0GHz
256MB RAM, 
30GB Hard drive
DVD/CD-RW combo drive
integrated 10/100 NIC
15" XGA TFT display
Weight about 7lbs
You might want to add Compaq 256MB (266MHZ DDR SDRAM) $79.00 to reach
a total of 512MB of RAM.


This one is a bit more powerful but a bit more expensive as well.

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=149521
nx9010 Notebook 
base price: $1549
about 7lbs
complete specs
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11599_div/11599_div.HTML
Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.66GHz 
512MB RAM
60GB Hard drive
DVD/CD-RW combo drive
integrated 10/100 NIC
15" XGA TFT display


My last two choices are slimmer, lighter laptops, but the trade-off is
that they are a bit more expensive for their specs, and have smaller
screens.

The Evo is light and at 1.2 inches thick, it is quite thin.

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=553454
Evo N610c Notebook 
base price: $1749
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor-M 2GHz
256MB RAM
40GB Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW combo
56K modem/NIC 
14.1" Color TFT SXGA
You might want to add Compaq 256MB (266MHZ DDR SDRAM) $79.00 to reach
a total of 512MB of RAM.
Weight: 4.8 lbs.

Last choice is the Vaio by Sony, which is extremely portable but on
the down side, is a bit expensive for its spec and only comes with a
12" screen.

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=118550
VAIO V505AC1 SlimLine Notebook PC 
base price: $1,739.00
Intel® Pentium® 4-M 1.8GHz processor
256MB RAM
30GB Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
56K Modem, 10/100 Ethernet
12.1" XGA TFT Screen
Only about 1.38" thin and 4.34 lbs light (with standard battery and no
docking station)

You may might to add Kingston 256MB PC2100 DDR notebook memory upgrade
for Sony
$75.99, to bring it up to 512MB RAM.


You can find the Canon printer on PCMALL by going here:
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=133503
Canon i70 Portable Bubble Jet Printer 
Price: $249.00


I hope you can find your pick in there. These are all well specced
machines that should suit the requirements of every computer user
except maybe avid 3D gamers.

If you have any questions about these machines, or want another
selection, please let me know, and I'll be happy to help.

Thanks.
endo

Search strategy:
laptop buy online
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I am Al_HGS i deleated my other account.

I am looking for something that i can travle with witch is light and
fast. i want a good sized monitor i am not to keep on featchers but if
some are included thats fine. It does not matter were i want to buy it
from bec i do my shopping online.