These laptops are great for students and the non-power user.  Surfing the web, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.  Definitely not for the gamer but most people over buy anyways.  I see people all over with power user laptops that cost thousands and all they are doing is blogging, surfing the web, doing photos, email, YouTube videos and using an office package.  Trust me, I’m telling you from experience.  As I write this blog on my $2500 laptop, I’m thinking about what I use this machine for on daily basis.  In a nutshell I surf the web, write blogs, check my outlook, connect my digital camera to it, my ipod touch, I use word, and excel.  Oh yeah I make a few DVD’s and play hearts!  I think the deals below are pretty good.

HP Pavilion Refurbished Notebook, with the following specs: AMD Turion X2 RM-72 2.1GHz 4GB 320GB DVDRW 17 WXGA+ Vista Bronze   Only $599.99 a savings of $550

MSI VR420, with the following specs: Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2410 2.0GHz 2GB RAM 160GB HDD DVDRW 14″ WXGA Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2410 2.0GHz 2GB RAM 160GB HDD DVDRW 14″ WXGA 
Only  $429.99

Acer Aspire Notebook with the following specs:  Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0GHz 4GB DDR2 250GB HDD DVDRW 15.6″ WXGA Vista
Only $609.99