I got a notebook this past November...whoa! It's already been a year?!?...damn.
Anyways, got it a year ago for roughly 1200, but after the case, and the printer, and the speakers, etc. It came to just under 1500 all taxes included.
Gateway MP8708
Best Buy model
160 GB hard drive
2GB Ram
667Mb front side bus <= this was new at the time
Pentium Core Duo 2 2.00Ghz
17 in LCD widescreen.
DVD R/RW, CD R/RW
4 USB slots,
Windows Vista Home Premium.
128Mb Graphics Card
I wanted Lightscribe. But this one didn't have it, even as an option...