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    Gateway M-6850FX not at bestbuy any more?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Lakjin, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. Lakjin

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    www.bestbuy.com shows nothing when i search for it
    Gateway M-6850FX

    it looks much better then the M-152XL i ordered...
     
    Lakjin, Jun 3, 2008
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  3. Lakjin

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    im not actually. gateway's website lists the M-6850FX as retail at bestbuy but no bestbuy except the ones in canada have it on their websites; i even called up the close ones to my house, they dont have it either.
     
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    I don't think US Best Buy's ever had the M-6850 FX. I'm pretty sure it's only been available here in Canada. I wonder why they only have it available up here though, it seems like it would sell a lot better if it was also available in the US.
     
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  5. Lakjin

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    thats lame...it looks so much better then the M-152XL
     
    Lakjin, Jun 3, 2008
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    Lakjin, are you from Canada? If so that would of made sense. I'm from USA and not smart enough to see what other countries are using.
     
    Cheetablaze, Jun 4, 2008
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  7. Lakjin

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    huh? you lost me.
     
    Lakjin, Jun 4, 2008
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    I just bought one yesterday. But guess what: I'm in Canada =/
     
    Josias, Jun 11, 2008
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    I Actually just got one from a local best buy like 2 weeks ago.. The best buy dude actually didnt even know they had em in stock.. he had to check and recheck their inventory twice to find it.. he found out they had 5 in store..

    PS.. I live in Rockland County New York
     
    eric_bautista16, Jul 3, 2008
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  10. Lakjin

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    I know they have em in BB now.
     
    Lakjin, Jul 3, 2008
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    Costco has a similar machine, except 4GB RAM, for same $899.
    C2D T5550/4GB/320GB/DVD-Super/ATI 512MB HD2600/15.4"@1280x800
    It's called the M-6851 there.

    T
     
    Sharkonwheels, Jul 4, 2008
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    They had 3 at my local BB and I bought one of em! Its an awesome laptop for $899, however I just couldn't handle knowing a more powerful laptop was only $200 more, so I took it back and got the 6860. I'm indecisive like that.
     
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  14. Lakjin

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    or you could get a M-152XL, like i did for 899. A much stronger processor for the loss of 1 GB of RAM.
     
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    good choice imo. for 899, you can get better notebooks then the 6850. but for 1099...the 6860 is hard to beat with its 8800M GTS
     
    Lakjin, Jul 4, 2008
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  16. Dook

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    I totally agree. The 152xl is a great machine for the price. I read somewhere that there is a problem with the clearcoat showing rainbows, have you run i into that problem? I am currently tasked with suggesting a laptop under a grand for a friend and was seriously looking at the 152.
     
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    Second that - forgot about the XL - MUCH better proc, same video, that's a Gateway direct machine, though, right? How are their returns and extended warranties? That would MAYBE be the only reason to get the 6851 at Costco.
    MAYBE. :)

    T
     
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  18. Lakjin

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    1 year standard warranty. i think return is 15 days but w/ 15% restocking. . but my rep offered to let me try the machine for 3 days and if i didnt like it i could return it with no restocking fee. but i kept with it.

    and as far as i know you can upgrade your extended warranty up until your intial 1 year is over.
     
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    I have heard great things about Gateway's support. Can anyone comment?
     
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  20. Lakjin

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    meh. they are the same as dell and hp. a hit or miss.
     
    Lakjin, Jul 4, 2008
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    the m-6850fx was on clearance at my best buy for $810. i picked it up yesterday
     
    Telfo, Jul 8, 2008
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  22. Dook

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    Its a good laptop, thats for sure. That is as long as you accept that you're not going to be running much eye-candy on DX10 games such as Crysis. I had one for a couple of days before returning it for the 6850fx and if the 6850 wasn't on sale for such a good price, id probably still have it. Then again, I'm never satisfied. Best Buy returns knows me by first name. :)

     
    Dook, Jul 8, 2008
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    i want to buy this model:
    The laptop features a Core 2 Duo T5550 CPU, an ATI Radeon HD 2600 graphics chipset, 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and a DVD-R / RW / DVD-RAM optical drive. The other ones are the $849.99 M-1626 and $749.99 T-1628. The first features a 15.4-inch display, an AMD Turion TL-60 CPU, ATI Radeon HD x1270 graphics, 4GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive,and HDMI. The other comes with a 14.1-inch display, AMD CPU and ATI graphics chipset, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and wireless and HDMI support. Gateway has dropped a new pen-based configuration called the C-142XL ($1,299.99) which comes with a Core 2 Duo T8300 CPU, ATI Radeon X2300 HD GPU, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a Wacom pen for input
    i want to ask if someone has already one and is it a good choice?
    is gateway a good brand?
     
    nate2tk, Dec 3, 2008
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