Question before buying A8jm at MilestonePC

I am thinking of buying a A8jm at MilestonePC. I will get my friend to buy it for me. He lived in Washington DC.
I am thinking of buying
-Asus Notebook A8Jm / Core Duo T2400 1.86Ghz / 1024M(2x512MB) DDR2 / 100G 5400rpm / DVD RW / nVidia 7600 512M PCI-E / Wireless abg / 14.1??WXGA / XP Home / 1 year global warranty
-Update from 1024MB to 2048 DDR2 667
Total is $1607.
I want to ask is what the packet will include? for the site does not tell me this.
Does this model include built-in Bluetooth? and built-in camera, how many M pixel ?
What is the shipping fee to Washington DC? tax fee?
And what is the total price so I can send him (my friend) the money?
And about dead pixel or light leak, will you check it before shipping?
This is my 1st time buying online so there is many thing I dont know, If something I ask is already answer or offend you then I am very sorry. For this is a very big invesment for me.
MilestonePC if you ready this please answer me.
Thank you for reading this.

 

If you send an email to [email protected], someone will respond to any of your questions quickly. I had a few questions of my own and they answered promptly and thoroughly.

I don't think the north america A8jm's include bluetooth unless the reseller installs them "aftermarket". Portableone offers this service but they are currently out of stock of the bluetooth modules and this service costs $50.

The built-in webcam is either 0.35 or 1.3 megapixels. I'm not quite sure. The pictures appear to show a label of "0.35 megapixels", but the image may be intercalated (sp?) so that you get 1.3 megapixel images. I don't completely understand this process but I think cameraphones do this sort of thing sometimes.

If you "pre-order", they will ship free to you. You will, however, have to pay for a $10 handling fee and a 1% insurance fee (~$16). You will not have to pay any taxes if you are getting the notebook shipped from MilestonePC USA to any US address outside of California.

About the dead pixel and light leakage: I think light leakage is a qualitative thing that most people have to deal with to some extent or another. I've heard, though, that the A8jm screens are pretty nice (maybe nicer even than the w3j's). The thing is, any LCD you buy is going to have a chance of having dead pixels, it's just a matter of chance Most retailers require a minimum number of dead pixels before they accept returns. I'm not sure what milestonepc's policy is, but I think you may be able to get them to check before they send it if you ask really nice and are willing to wait for them to get things sorted out and do it. They seem like nice folks, but I think they're pretty busy right now and they may not have time to do it for a while.

Lastly, MilestonePC USA is run out of Fremont, California. I'm not sure why you mentioned Washington, DC; but you can also order them from MilestonePC Canada if that is more convenient. It looks like you ordered a nice notebook and you should be very confident that your money has been well spent.

 

Another option is zipzoomfly.com they have the A8jm for $1499 w/ Free Shipping.

 

It is no longer listed on Zipzoomfly.com

 

Yeah it's pulled off ZZF a few days ago.

The webcam is 0.3 MP (640 x 480). Should not include BT. Danny at the Canada side says it's quite a hassle to install the internal BT, and hasn't agreed to do it for anybody yet. Not sure about the US side.

I think you can email MilestonePc, prob get a quicker response there.

 

O really! No more ZZF, that's not cool. Will it come back? Is it completely off or does it say Out of Stock?

 

It wasn't really in stock when they listed it before. I originally ordered from them. Called to check on the order and they said that they had to order it from asus and turnaround could be more than a week...but that they were not sure. They did promptly cancel my order and refund my money.

Portable one experience was a good one and you can always send it back in for the btooth module when they get them.

 

thanks for reply guys, i just mailed milestone PC
Hope i will get answer soon. ZZF pulled the A8jm off.
I really hope it will have BTooth and 1.3MP Camera, but if it dont then fine.
I am asking someone buy it for me and they have little PC and laptop knowlegde so I have to be specific for them.
That why I asked so much, just hope it wont bother everyone so much.
Have a nice weekends.