vaporware
pick the cheapest options (1year warranty, ms works suite, p4 1.6 with superxga...), but add the geforce 4 64mb and dvd drive. it will come out to 1,957.00 - 150 rebate = 1807. probably have to add some more for tax and shipping.
However my personal choice would be this custom 8200:
Base
Mobile Pentium® 4 Processor, 1.6GHz-M, 15.0 Enhanced UXGA
Qty: 1
Price: $2,157.00
Date: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:07:40 AM CDT
Catalog Number: 29 19
Base: Mobile Pentium® 4 Processor, 1.6GHz-M, 15.0 Enhanced UXGA CM16BHN [220-5337]
Memory: 128MB,DDR,266M,1DIMM 128M1D [311-1350]
Video Card: 64MB DDR 4XAGP NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go? 3D Video [add $179] 17NVD64 [320-0195]
Hard Drives: 20GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 20GB [340-3446]
Floppy Drive: Floppy Drive FD [340-6353]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [313-1041] [420-0744]
Network Adapters: Integrated Network Card INTNIC [430-0334]
Modem: Internal 56K Modem 56MDC [313-0832]
Fixed CD/DVD Drives: 8X Max Variable DVD-ROM 8XDVD [313-0758] [313-0833]
Bundle: Microsoft®Works Suite 2002 with Money 2002 Standard IWORKS [412-0134]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1Yr Ltd. Warranty- 1Yr Mail-In Service + 1Yr Phone Support ST111RR [950-3337] [950-8830] [950-9057]
Internet Access Options: 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLDHS [412-0164]
Digital Photography: Dell Picture Studio Image Expert® 2000 DPSXP [412-3807]
Free Quicken 2002 Suite: Free Quicken 2002 Suite (includes Turbo Tax Deluxe) FREQUKN [412-0184]