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Coran Fixx
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Nice slow lappy, $420 AR

Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:53 am

Accidently ran into this on Microcenters Website:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0252158

$449 - $50 rebate + $20 shipping = $420

Acer 14" Celeron laptop, 512ddr2 (2x256, yay), vista home, 4200rpm hdd
Thought someone might be looking for a laptop in this price range.
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Re: Nice slow lappy, $420 AR

Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:54 pm

Coran Fixx wrote:
Accidently ran into this on Microcenters Website:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0252158

$449 - $50 rebate + $20 shipping = $420

Acer 14" Celeron laptop, 512ddr2 (2x256, yay), vista home, 4200rpm hdd
Thought someone might be looking for a laptop in this price range.


That would be dog slow, omg.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:07 pm

That wouldn't be a bad little rig to throw Linux on. I'm kinda thinking about it. The laptop I'm using Linux on right now is a 700mhz PIII, so this would be a huge step up.

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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:41 pm

This one is a better deal, if you don't mind $350 in mail-in-rebates:

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=158079


$475 after rebates.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:45 pm

Yeah, I hate rebates. I generally won't buy anything with a mail in rebate.

For me, coming up with $420 is a stretch right now. Coming up with over $800 and then waiting for a rebate that may or may not be honored is not remotely possible.

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Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:49 pm

Not to mention its a 12" screen as opposed to the 14" linked by the OP.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:57 pm

Bah... the wife vetoed my idea of getting a newer laptop.

She said I spend so much time on the one I have that it must still be OK.

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Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:07 pm

SlyFerret wrote:
Bah... the wife vetoed my idea of getting a newer laptop.

She said I spend so much time on the one I have that it must still be OK.

-SF


Harsh, time to brush up on soft positional bargaining :)
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:15 pm

She controls the boobie supply, so I'm going to have to sit tight with my PIII for a while.

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Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:18 pm

king_kilr wrote:
SlyFerret wrote:
Bah... the wife vetoed my idea of getting a newer laptop.

She said I spend so much time on the one I have that it must still be OK.

-SF


Harsh, time to brush up on soft positional bargaining :)
You're on it for so long because you're waiting for it to do its thing?
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