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    Office Despot Rebate on R3000T Build-Your-Own

    Discussion in 'HP' started by eelpie, Nov 26, 2004.

  1. eelpie

    eelpie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am actively shopping for a basic laptop for internet selling, DVD viewing, and word processing, and I'm following the adverts relentlessly.

    When I got the paper yesterday there was very little [ :(] that would work for me (a lot of $500 loss-leaders), but not much with a BrightView screen, 60 G, 512M, or anything but a 1.3G Celeron.

    Then I found the big rebate at Office Despot on Compaq R3000T through their Build-Your-Own in-store computer. [ :)]

    If you get any R3000T and a cheapie printer they'll provide instant and mail-in rebates that may make it worth-while.

    I've built one (for a test) with a Pentium 4 3.0 G w/ HT Technology, 512M, 60 G, BrightView screen, DVD read / CD read - write, 12 cell battery, a Broadcom wireless card, AND the 3847 printer.

    After the dust settles, and the rebates are figured in it comes to just under $1,000 and I'd still have the printer to sell.

    Am I am better off with this combo, the R3370US (AMD 64, but only 40 Gig hard-drive) at $999 from CompUSA, or the R3310US at $1,119 through Buy.Com? [?]

    I need to make a move soon as my current 233Mhz, 2 Gig coal-burned is on it last legs . . .

     
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    Between the three, I'd go with the R3370US from CompUSA. It has a much better CPU (lower power consumption, Enhanced Virus Protection, 64-bit capable) and a dedicated memory GPU (versus the shared memory GPU in the R3000T). Hard drives are easy to replace, should you decide you want a larger/faster one later, but you're stuck with the GPU they give you.
     
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    eelpie Notebook Enthusiast

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    And I've just gotten a notification from StreetPrices.Com that the Toshiba A75-S209 has been lowered at Infinity Micro to a mere $1,089!

    What to do . . .
     
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    That Toshiba is another shared-memory graphics machine. It has the same weaknesses as the R3000T.
     
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    eelpie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not sure that would be a problem for me.

    I'm currently using my 233Mhz, 2 Gig coal-burner for internet selling and word processing.

    The only thing I'll be adding is viewing DVDs.

    No, I'm not sure shared-memory graphics is an issue for me . . .
     
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