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    Is This HP Good Deal?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by RoGuE1230, Nov 27, 2008.

  1. RoGuE1230

    RoGuE1230 Notebook Consultant

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    At first I was going towards a Toshiba with the AMD Turion 64 x2 TL-60, but then I saw this and I have read that this processor is new, better, and should yield better battery life. So overall, is this laptop a good deal at $350?

    It is a $350 laptop at Office Depot. HP 15.4" screen, 3GB memory, 160GB hard drive, Pentium Dual Core Mobile Processor T3200. I just don't know if I am crazy about the smooth surface touch pad on the HP.

    The other Toshiba I was looking at was exactly the same as this other than the processor.

    Is this deal good enough to head out early in the morning, or should I wait for Christmas sales?

    Also, how is reliability on these HPs and how is the screen quality? I am currently using an HP from 1999 with a Celeron 433mhz, 160mb Ram, and a 4GB HDD. So I am curious if reliability is still as good as this one was.
     
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    RoGuE1230 Notebook Consultant

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    Also, can anyone confirm if this has a webcam on it?
     
  3. Infamous22

    Infamous22 Notebook Deity

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    YES! That is an excellent deal seeing how it normally retails for $600-800.

    It has a fairly strong processor with a lot of RAM and Hard Disk space.

    Even if it doesn't come stock with a web cam, it shouldn't matter. The price is insane and you would be thrilled.

    I've used HP for the last several years and I am extremely satisfied.
     
  4. RoGuE1230

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    That is very good to hear. Definitely makes me feel better reading that.

    Well, it is 11:47 right now. Just 3 more hours to go until I head out. I don't want to take any chances of coming when there is already a crowd.