I've been looking for a laptop for my Dad and I think we are going to pull the trigger on this.
The only thing is the glossy screen, it does have reflections but high contrast for viewing photos that he likes to do.
I have a glossy one on mine, both the wifes and daughters have the matte.
(ignore the Edit on each line)
SYSTEM COLOR Midnight Blue edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2390 (1.86GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Basic Edition edit
HD DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800) edit
VIDEO CARD Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 edit
MEMORY 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD / DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 6 cell battery edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
My Accessories
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Security edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works edit
TV TUNER & REMOTE CONTROL Dell Travel Remote Control, IR edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd HW WRTY, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis, 24x7 Phone Support edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Included 3 GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Yr edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Modem Integrated Modem
Intel Pentium® Dual-Core Processor
ALL of this for $640 delivered. I've got to look at some other models, but for the price, this is a nice unit. (and you can get it in colors...)
Take care, Bill