need laptop deals

[joetendo]

I need one for work now, so if you know of some online retailers that have some good deals then hook me up. price range: $500 - $800 doesnt have to be anything fancy, I just want atleast 1GB ram and a decent HDD 80GB or so is ok. thanks in advance.

[ighosty]

My sister has a dell which is pretty nice. Don't know exactly how much she paided for it, something around 500-600 range. Plus dell lets you pay monthly if u want to. It has 1 GB ram and I believe a 80GB HDD. I would check that out if you are looking for a pc.

[joetendo]

id rather pay for it all at once, im not good with credit cards or monthly payments lol I shall look into it. thanks :D

[umcthomas]

If you are not in boycotting CC right now, try this:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Acer-Aspire-14-1-Widescreen-Notebook-PC-3680-2682/sem/rpsm/oid/185211/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

It is good just for checking email/word proccessing. I am on mine right now. I bought it as a second computer for work/night classes (nothing graphic intensive). It comes with 512 RAM but I bought the second 512 for $25 and installed it myself (it runs about 32 will shipping online if you don't have a local retailer that carries it). If this is a second computer for you that you won't need for any intensive processing, there is really no reason to get something more expensive.

Good luck,
T

[SOLDIER]

I'm looking into the laptop market myself, and I'm trying to see if they have any inexpensive laptops that can run Bioshock to near 360 specifications. Here are the specs:



Operating Systems: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) orWindows Vista

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disk space: 8GB free space

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM: 2GB
Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)

Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation

Are there any deals on laptops that meet the requirements?

[topnotch97]

you know what, all this "Request Laptop deals" thread have been popping out.

i wouldn't be surprised. Fall semester starts soon. and i hear some folks asking me like what or which one to get. constantly asking what this and that, and where to get this and that.

sigh. time to go to Hooters. :D

[Thongsy]

I'm looking into the laptop market myself, and I'm trying to see if they have any inexpensive laptops that can run Bioshock to near 360 specifications. Here are the specs:



Are there any deals on laptops that meet the requirements?

If you want a notebook that will play Bioshock at any decent framerate you'll going to have to spend around $1000-1500.

To the OP, I saw a deal in this week's best buy ad for a gateway 17" for $599.99, comes with a gig of ram and like 120 gb hdd.

Here it is, though it's listed at $650, but in the ad it's $600.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8445836&st=gateway+notebook&type=product&id=1183160885962

If you're going to do is use it for the internet, office and no games, any notebook in the $600-700 range will be fine. Might need to add some ram and you would be able to do anything but hardcore gaming on it.

[joetendo]

If you want a notebook that will play Bioshock at any decent framerate you'll going to have to spend around $1000-1500.

To the OP, I saw a deal in this week's best buy ad for a gateway 17" for $599.99, comes with a gig of ram and like 120 gb hdd.

Here it is, though it's listed at $650, but in the ad it's $600.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8445836&st=gateway+notebook&type=product&id=1183160885962

If you're going to do is use it for the internet, office and no games, any notebook in the $600-700 range will be fine. Might need to add some ram and you would be able to do anything but hardcore gaming on it. this one is looking really good to me, also i have $20 on the way from my Best Buy Rewards Zone account

[Snake2715]

This Toshiba is $449 after the $150 rebate... from my understanding office depot is great when it comes to rebates: They will do free shipping as well or pick up in store.

Toshiba Satellite A135-S4666 Intel Dual Core 1.73GHz, 15.4" WXGA, 1GB RAM, 80GB, DVD Burner, WiFi Notebook
15.4"-diagonal widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) TruBrite LCD screen; Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor T2080 operating at 1.73GHz; 1.0GB of DDR2 SDRAM memory; 80GB 5400-rpm SATA hard drive; DVD SuperMulti drive with Double Layer support; Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN; Windows Vista Home Basic
$599.99 - $150 MIR= $449.99 + Free Shipping



http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=630065


Theres also this one at CC:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Compaq-Presario-15-4-Widescreen-Notebook-PC-F572US/sem/rpsm/oid/185304/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

[Grico]

yeah my old laptop just broke, so i am looking for one 500ish or less too

[aihuman]

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bqdwkxd&s=bsd
Its a good deal for what you get.

[kuri]

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Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
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[kjauburn]

Just keep your eye out for Dell deals. They run $300 off $1000 and $500 off $1500/1700 about once a month. Occasionaly they stack with double ram and other coupons.