Low Priced Laptops

[DealGuy]

Originally Posted by Tirolyn

Comp USA has a couple more for under $400 tomorrow night in store during the midnight madness sale, one of them has the Pentium M processor, you have to sign up for 12 months of AOL to get the deal and there is a rebate as well. Go to Compusa and click on the blue banner that says "Come Back Tomorrow for our midnight madness sale."

COMPUSA

The only issue with that deal is that the 12 month AOL contract is $24.95 a month X 12 = another $300 to the cost of the laptop. Not worth it as it is for dial up which if you really needed you could get for $8 a month. What they are doing is offering a slick way to show a $400 price for something you are going to be paying $700 for. I kind of find it to be underhanded actually.

[Tirolyn]

Yep, yep I agree, however to counter that they're giving you a $250 gift card for the AOL sign up. Seems like a very convoluted way for them to go about it. But they do have some other deals that don't include the AOL/Gift Card nonsense that are worth it if you have your boxing gloves on to fight your way in the door!!

Originally Posted by DealGuy

The only issue with that deal is that the 12 month AOL contract is $24.95 a month X 12 = another $300 to the cost of the laptop. Not worth it as it is for dial up which if you really needed you could get for $8 a month. What they are doing is offering a slick way to show a $400 price for something you are going to be paying $700 for. I kind of find it to be underhanded actually.

[DealGuy]

LOL!!! That's crazy. It's getting nuts isn't it? I really was considering going to compusa for some of the deals, but realized that the 45 minute drive, fighting the madness, probably NOT getting most of the deals... sanity took over and I decided I will just wait and order the deals online as soon as they become available shortly afterwards. What I saw last year was after BF, a lot of the deals became available online at either the same price or a shade more.

I am hoping that happens again this year.

Originally Posted by Tirolyn

Yep, yep I agree, however to counter that they're giving you a $250 gift card for the AOL sign up. Seems like a very convoluted way for them to go about it. But they do have some other deals that don't include the AOL/Gift Card nonsense that are worth it if you have your boxing gloves on to fight your way in the door!!

[Master-Rebater]

When I logged in earlier today I was surprised to see over 4,000 hits on this thread. I was thinking of going over 5k some time today. Then I went out for a few hours and came home to find over 10,000 hits- and there were more than 5,000 just today. I just want to say thanks to all those who had a look at the thread- and double thanks to all that replied. I have not even looked at all the new replies yet.
After I do so I will tell a little more about what I found out today. I talked to DELL and they do have the $399 laptop ( after $100 rebate) It starts tomorrow. I also have the Walmart flier which came in mail today. More later - I have quite a bit of catching up to do.
Hopefully lots of us will have a nice laptop by the weekend.

Best of luck to all - and
Thanks again to all who viewed.
Master-Rebater

[johnoshea]

Would appreciate knowing the special link re: Dell Inspiron 2200.

[DealGuy]

Originally Posted by johnoshea

Would appreciate knowing the special link re: Dell Inspiron 2200.

It won't be active until 8am EST on 11-23 (Wednesday)

Dell has set it up that way. Right now the link goes to a dead page. They are keeping it pretty hush-hush until it is released tomorrow morning. Be up early!!!

[DealGuy]

It has been quite a thread and a great interest. It seems a lot of people want a laptop for the holidays I'm getting the Dell tomorrow morning for my son. Although my wife now tells me she would like one as well, so it looks like two Maybe I can sell the second printer as I won't need it.


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Originally Posted by Master-Rebater

When I logged in earlier today I was surprised to see over 4,000 hits on this thread. I was thinking of going over 5k some time today. Then I went out for a few hours and came home to find over 10,000 hits- and there were more than 5,000 just today. I just want to say thanks to all those who had a look at the thread- and double thanks to all that replied. I have not even looked at all the new replies yet.
After I do so I will tell a little more about what I found out today. I talked to DELL and they do have the $399 laptop ( after $100 rebate) It starts tomorrow. I also have the Walmart flier which came in mail today. More later - I have quite a bit of catching up to do.
Hopefully lots of us will have a nice laptop by the weekend.

Best of luck to all - and
Thanks again to all who viewed.
Master-Rebater

[Master-Rebater]

Originally Posted by sarakerrigan

Does the HP ze 2308wm have a built-in 3.5 floppy disk drive? sarakerrigan

As cheap as the external floppy disk drives are I dont really think it matters much if it includes it. I have seen them for about $10 -$20 on sale . As little as they hold these days- they are really mostly obsolete. You can also just burn the info onto a CD if necessary (if you have a floppy drive and CD BURNER of course. ) Good Luck Happy Hunting

[DealGuy]

Very true.. and memory sticks are the way to go these days anyway. You can get a 128mb for about $5 After Rebate these days.

Originally Posted by Master-Rebater

As cheap as the external floppy disk drives are I dont really think it matters much if it includes it. I have seen them for about $10 -$20 on sale .
As little as they hold these days- they are really mostly obsolete.
You can also just burn the info onto a CD if necessary (if you have a floppy drive and CD BURNER of course. )
Good Luck
Happy Hunting

[mtweldon]

True on memory and floppys.. check out newegg.com.. good stuff. Last week or 2 weeks ago I think I saw 512 1 stick notebook ram for like 30$ after rebate.. or was it somewhere else? Anyways I do most computer shopping at newegg myself.
And Congrats Master!

[Master-Rebater]

Originally Posted by starlyter

Hi...I'm a newbie here as well...thanks for allowing me to join
The Dell seems like a super deal but I'm wondering how much they'll charge to ship it.

Spoke to Dell today and they told me FREE SHIPPING w/ $24 handling charge if you use the link provided here tomorrow.

Master -Rebater

[DjimDjim]

Hi all,
Just unbeleivable, a very good deal for the inspiron!!!
I am new here too and would like to thank everybody for this great job....would be more grateful once I will have my first laptop .
Is the number of available laptops limited? do we need a credit card to buy one or a debit card(....I know... stupid question...but I just would like to be sure...it's my first online shopping)?
Is the shiping free? Where exactly would the link be available?

Thanks again.
See you tomorrow.

[mtweldon]

Looks like this deal is already active people... Or at least there is more than 1 way to it...
go here: CLICK HERE FOR DELL
scroll to bottom and in the following code for the E-Value: 66816-S81103s
Make sure you select free upgrade on wireless and free printer on the 3rd page on bottom...

[DealGuy]

DjimDjim,

First off. Welcome to Whatsyourdeal.com!

In answer to your questions, a debit card will work just fine to make a purchase as long as it is one that has the visa or mastercard logo. Shipping is going to be free, but they do add a $24 handling charge. All said and done that is not bad to ship a laptop and big printer.

I am pretty excited to get them myself. My wife did confirm she wants one too, so I am in for 2

They did not say there was a limited amount, but that does not mean it isn't limited. Personally at 8AM I am clicking the link posted here and ordering my 2. You know, I wonder if I am going to only pay the $24 handling fee once. Now that would be awesome!!

Again, welcome to whatsyourdeal.com and please share us with your friends, family, co-workers, the cat lady down the block

Originally Posted by DjimDjim

Hi all,
Just unbeleivable, a very good deal for the inspiron!!!
I am new here too and would like to thank everybody for this great job....would be more grateful once I will have my first laptop .
Is the number of available laptops limited? do we need a credit card to buy one or a debit card(....I know... stupid question...but I just would like to be sure...it's my first online shopping)?
Is the shiping free? Where exactly would the link be available?

Thanks again.
See you tomorrow.

[DealGuy]

Originally Posted by mtweldon

Looks like this deal is already active people... Or at least there is more than 1 way to it...
go here: CLICK HERE FOR DELL
scroll to bottom and in the following code for the E-Value: 66816-S81103s
Make sure you select free upgrade on wireless and free printer on the 3rd page on bottom...

I just tried it. It didn't work.. is the evalue code correct?

EDIT- NEVERMIND It worked....

Here's the specs.... Make sure when configuring it you select the free printer!

Description Inspiron 2200 Date & Time: November 22,2005 10:45 PM CST SYSTEM COMPONENTS Inspiron 2200 Qty 1 Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.50 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition Unit Price $649.00 Save $150 on select Inspiron 2200 notebooks through Dell Small Business Special offer - $150.00 Catalog Number: 4 Module Description Show Details Inspiron 2200 Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.50 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB) Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition LCD Panel 14.1in XGA Display Memory 256MB,Onboard Shared DDR,1 DIMM Hard Drive 40GB 5400rpmUltra ATA Hard Drive Network Card Integrated Network Card Modem Internal 56K Modem Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0 Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive Wireless Networking Cards No Wireless Selected Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo!™ Music- Entry level with 90 days of On Demand Primary Battery 8-Cell NiMH Primary Battery (43 WHr) Dell Service & Support Plans 90 Day Mail-In Parts and Labor, 90 Day Phone HW Warranty Support Onsite System Setup No Onsite System Setup Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included Digital Imaging Corel Photo Album™ 6 Starter Edition - Organize and Edit your photos Mail- In Rebate $100 Mail In Rebate Miscellaneous Inspiron 2200 Financial Software Pre-Installed No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial Dell Media Experience Dell™ Media Experience Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec Purchase Intent Purchase is not intended for resale. Free 720 Color Printer (Value $49.00) Qty 1 Free Dell Color Printer 720 Unit Price $0.00 Catalog Number: 4 Module Description Show Details Dell Color Printer 720 Free Dell Color Printer 720 Hardware Support Services 1Yr Ltd. Warranty, 1 yr HW Warranty Support, 1 yr Advance Exchange TOTAL:$499.00

[mtweldon]

Originally Posted by DealGuy

I just tried it. It didn't work.. is the evalue code correct?

Make sure your in the small business section I believe.. worked for me.

[Master-Rebater]

Originally Posted by DjimDjim

: Is the number of available laptops limited?

Dell rep told me today they wont run out - they will just to have speed up manufacturing process to make more to meet the demand if necessary. BUT . . . .I will try to take care of biz early on - Last time I ordered a 'puter from CompUSA on a very big sale- it got delayed because of the UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND. Best thing is to get it done ASAP so there are no complications. Do your homework tonight so you will be ready- Try to decide if you want to add a bit more memory, bigger HD, a DVD burner - or whatever

[mtweldon]

What do you guys think.. is it worth it for the Pentium M upgrade? Would there be that big of a difference in performance?