a Dell 700m is good too. 12" widescreen. And dell regularly has been putting out coupons good for a couple days. They had a one day one awhile ago that was near 40% off on some machines.
I think the if any one wants a pentium 4 they'd either get the 9860, which has the same drives n' such as the 5690, or of they needed something smaller, the 4380. I think few really wanted an thick, heavy notebook in a 15" size....
you can buy an HP warranty anytime during you first year of purchase.
The guys at the zd7000forums.com can probably better explain warranty functions. It does matter when you buy as to how long it will last, i.e. if you buy it 6...
I don't think anything special will be coming out in the light category soon.
I would recomend the ACER ferrari and some upgrades in RAM and HD especially seeing you'e budget.
I would also look at a 2.0 GHZ PM notebook also, some...
I wouldn't trust what acer says just yet, I think when someone asked about upgrades to the acer 1712 they replied that the gpu's fixed to the mobo too. And on the 1712 it's clearly not.
