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    Is this a good deal? I am thinking about picking this up

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Mikeatris, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. Mikeatris

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  2. Damn Dirty Ape

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    I love Sam's Club. Don't like it? Something wrong with it? Just take it back up to 6 months.
     
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    Considering that HP is currently not selling the CTO version of this unit and the price can't be compared, it looks decent.

    4GB ram, Bluray, Bronze finish and RM-74 appears to be nice specs for the price.

    What are your plans for this unit?
     
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    I would say yes because of the blu-ray drive.
     
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    looks like a nice deal if you're not interested in gaming.
     
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  6. Mikeatris

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    I am just a casual computer guy. I sold my last lap to upgrade to something like this. I just surf the internet and that is about it. My last laptop I had in a month I might hop on it maybe 4 or 5 times just to update the virus definition and spyware. I put all the wear and tear on the desktop so when I get it, it will not have that many miles on it at all from me.
     
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    For casual use it looks like a fine lappy. :)
     
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    At some clubs there is one with a 400gb drive and no blu-ray with an RM72 for 749 is the above aren't quite worth the 150 difference to you.

    Just thought I'd mention that they have that one too.
     
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  9. Mikeatris

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    I do have blu-ray movies and I might want to watch them on the lap every once in a while. It is a great perk to have and I have tried to build one on HP and the cheapest came out to be $1100 without a warranty. When it is all said and done the lap is 900.00, the 3 year warranty is 80.00, and tax is 48.00 so for a lil over a grand I can't really go wrong dont'cha think?
     
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    Yep, it seems to be a good deal.
     
    R4000, Jan 15, 2009
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