Best priced laptops I could find on the web are on Sager. They build rock solid laptops.
Here's the one I'm thinking of buying for college:
http://www.sagernotebook.com/product_customed.php?pid=51114
Add to that 320 gig (7200 rpm) hard drive and XP and I'm at $1400.
You've got around $2000 to play with so any other mods (which isn't totally necessary) you should be good on any laptop you get from there.
Pro-star has the same laptops as Sager but I prefer the Sagers to the Pro-star for some odd reason.
Here's the one I'm thinking of buying for college:
http://www.sagernotebook.com/product_customed.php?pid=51114
Add to that 320 gig (7200 rpm) hard drive and XP and I'm at $1400.
You've got around $2000 to play with so any other mods (which isn't totally necessary) you should be good on any laptop you get from there.
Pro-star has the same laptops as Sager but I prefer the Sagers to the Pro-star for some odd reason.