Thanks for all the advice. I went with an inspiron 15.4" with the following specs:


Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5800 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

Jet Black

3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1440x900)

320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card

Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam

9 cell Battery

Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)

Dell Travel Mouse (with Bluetooth Technology)


total price (with upgrades) was MSRP $1114

They were running a special on this laptop for the employee purchase program through my work, and then there was an extra 7% off from the total price with the standard employee purchase program discount. I paid $757.02 after discounts, not too bad.
Also, shipping was free.

I am thinking about getting her a set of bluetooth stereo headphones. Anyone have any suggestions?

I was looking at these:
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-S805-Blue...7306204&sr=8-10

and these:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DRBT50-Stereo...S00T0NMFCVZYWV3



-David