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the dell inspiron 1300 is fine, but get the next step up, which is a 
pentium-M 1.8 they often have on sale for about $500, with 512mb, 60gb, 
wireless and dvd burner.  i got 2 of them for clients. and they perform 
well for the money.
i would not buy any celeron processor ever.

Phred wrote:
> G'day mates,
> 
> Once upon a time I would have happily shelled out for a Dell, but Rod 
> has somewhat psyched me out with his claim about the Dell HDDs 
> operating at the upper limit of their temperature specs.  (Does that 
> explain why all laptops are now "notebooks"?  Too hot to use on the 
> lap without risk or third degree burns, or sterilisation at very 
> least?)
> 
> Anyway, I was looking at the specs of several notebook "specials" (end 
> of fin year and all that :) so I'm wondering what you good folk out 
> there think of these models.  (My apologies in advance for the shape 
> of the following "table", but a fixed font may *help* interpret it.)
> 
> Dell Inspiron 1300   Compaq Presaria v2627  Toshiba Satellite A100/301
> CPU:  Celeron M380   AMD Sempron 1.8GHz     Celeron M 1.4GHz
> RAM:  512MB DDR2     512MB                  256MB
> HDD:  40GB           40GB                   40GB
> VDU:  15.4" Wide     14" Wide               15.4" Wide?
> CD/DVD 24x Combo     Combo                  Combo
> O/S:   XP Home       XP Home                XP Home
> Wireless: Yes        Yes?                   Yes?
> Price:    $899       $849 (cashback)        $994
> 
> The Toshiba seems to be out of consideration, unless it comes with 
> *very* good recommendations for reliability, in particular.
> The Dell RAM is shared with graphics; don't know about the others.
> I *assume* they all have a built-in modem for dial-up?
> 
> My main use would be for off-site email/web browsing/USENET (and maybe 
> those from the lounge chair if I install a local wireless network :).
> 
> Advice, comments, anecdotes based on experience... all welcome.  TIA.
> 
> Cheers, Phred.
>