I would search the deal sites (slickdeals.net dealnews.com etc) for a deal on a dell. If you want something a little more powerful, I picked up the following machine about a month ago.
Price point: 1350.00 Dual Core 1.66 2GB ram 256 Video 120GB Drive Wireless built in Fingerprint reader for authentication 17 Inch widescreen running at 1440x900 It also came with a tv tuner and remote for windows media center. I quickly removed Media Center and installed Fedora Core 5. I did have to install some additional rpms for the intel wireless card. Other than that, it all worked out fine. I know its a little more than you wanted to spend, but this laptop is really nice for development... -- Grant /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
