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    compaq c712nr will be here tomm..

    Discussion in 'HP' started by zfactor, Nov 28, 2007.

  1. zfactor

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    grabbed it cause it was cheap and i can use it as a knock around unit. will report back when it arrives.. i got into the staples site with many others over at slickdeals wayyyy before 6am.. i placed my order at 3:00 eastern time.. they ended up cancelling most of the orders placed soon after so i guess i got lucky... should be a nice cheap system
     
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    You're going to be a very happy person. its definitly a nice laptop. I got one too....except i stood in line, lol. But yea, i've got two reccomendations for a great experience. ditch vista, and put xp on there.....(vista chews this system up, and besides...the bloatware is not fun anyhow), and also, put 2 gigs in it. Thats what i'm going to do this weekend...i'm so excited. But this laptop is definitly a cool steal for the 350. :) Let me know if you find anything else cool/useful when you play around with it
     
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    lol i only paid 318 with taxes.. when buying online you can use the ebay coupons... i stacked 2 of them..im actually going to leave vista on it. we own toshiba's with the same cpu and gpu and with 2gb of ram vista is a breeze to run.. this will run it just fine
     
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    wow actually a really nice machine for 318$ not bad at all currently wiping out the oem software and doing a format and reinstall.. making a backup now..
     
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