When is best to buy a laptop

[Greedyfly]

I am looking to buy a laptop with my sister as a gift for our mum for xmas. When is the best time to get a bargain?
I have the money now so if its best to just get one when I see one then I can. Or would it be better to get soemthing nearer christmas? I really dont need anything too fancy - It is only going to be used for work and internet use. So like a 1gb Ram and 60gb hard drive would be plenty. My budget can be as much as �300 but tbh �200-�250 would be better as I will need to buy extended warranty etc... as she has a habit of breaking computers! lol

Thanks for your time

[ChuckFickens]

May as well buy it now, they keep dropping in price for the equivalent spec computer so waiter for a better one to be available for a lower price is a never ending wait.

Check the dell website... you'd be surprised, I've bought a few of the ones on the link below and have been pleasantly surprised by them for the money.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/pro ductdetails.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&id=vostronb_1 710&l=en&s=bsd

Oh the extended warranty normally only covers hardware faults... not faults caused by user error.