I just went for a laptop fair and I wish to buy a laptop. However, I have a dilema as I do not know which of the following laptops are good and trustworthy.

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Asus A8J : Priced $2,298

Intel Centrino Duo Processor T2250

(1.73GHz, 533MHz, 2MB L2)

Supports 802.11a/b/g

Win XP Pro

Nividia GeforceGO 7300 256MB (Turbo Cache)

14.1″ WXGA Colorshine & Crytalshine LCD

1 GB DDR2 RAM

100GB HDD

DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive

Ingegrated Bluetooth 2.0

Build-in Web Camera (0.35 Mega Pixel)

Build in Card Reader

2 Years Warranty

+ Free Canon All-In-1 Printer, CarryBag, Optical Mouse

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Acer 5562WXMi : Priced $2,397

Intel Centrino Duo Processor T2300E

(1.66GHz, 667MHz, 2MB L2)

Supports 802.11a/b/g

Win XP Pro

ATI Radeon X1600 with up to 512 HyperMemory

14.1″ WXGA Colorshine & Crytalshine LCD

1 GB DDR2 RAM

100GB S-ATA HDD

DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive

Ingegrated Bluetooth 2.0

Build-in Web Camera (1.3 Mega Pixel)

Build in Card Reader

1 Years Warranty

+ 1GB-SD card and Reader

+ either 60GB 2.5″ Ext Harddisk OR 2 more years of Warranty

The price of the Asus is too high, a friend of mine got it (with 1.66GHz CPU) for $1750 about 3-4 months ago, with Merom now out and about the price should be even lower than that, shop around a bit more dude…staticice is your friend, also check out ecom.com.au and cworld.com.au they are both close competitors and you should be able to get a good deal.

I’d seriously just focus on getting the price right for the notebook first then haggle for throw-ins such as the printer etc, btw Asus include the bag and mouse for free normally (and it should have a 2year warranty), so it doesn’t cost the vendor anything to include it.

Hope this helps…