okay...so i was in a bit of a
"mood" when i posted that last night...and i figured that linking google probably wasn't the most helpful.
so...
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i'm looking for a barebone laptop also. from what i've found Gentech PC has some really good deals. some other place would include...
pcclub.com
discountnotebook.com
cyberpowerpc.com
and there are several others, but i can't find the page that had the online vendors & rankings.
cyberpower doesn't have barebones laptops, but they have some good deals on gaming notebooks. i've seen fairly mixed reviews of them though.
i would use google to search for
barebones laptops or
whitebooks, and then plug the websites in the reseller ratings and read the customer reviews.
also worth noting, the new santa rosa chips are offically out, and there should be new laptops hitting the stores soon. that means prices of the older models is probably going to come down a bit in the next few weeks/ month.
hope this helps, good luck.