where to buy dv6000t

hi. i heard about how awesome the dv6000t is and i decided that i would like to buy it. but i am kind of on a budget so does anyone know the cheapest price i could get for it (and place to buy it)with: a go7400, 1.8ghz c2d, 2 gigs of ram+webcam+vista premium?

 

If you're talking specifically dv6000t, hp.com is the only way to go, unless you use an outside company like Costco to customize it, but is usually more expensive. However, Costco has the 6 month return no questions asked thing going on so people prefer Costco. For pricewise, buying it straight from HP is best.

I don't know if you're a student or teacher or not, but you can use the APP discount that gives you like 6%+ discount on customizable laptops.

I just purchased one and my stats were similar to yours. However, I had Vista Basic and a Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ, which is superior to what you want. I paid $1090 for the laptop after discounts with only 512 MB of RAM, because I suggest you buy 2 gigs of RAM from other places. It is much cheaper, where I can get 2 gigs of RAM for $160 when it costs $225 on HP's site. Plus you get the 512 you can sell and get some cash back on. With the $160, $1090 + $160 = $1250 which is a SUPERB deal for a laptop with dedicated graphics, Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ 4MB L2cache T7200, 2 gigs of Ram, webcam, lightscribe, bluetooth... etc. Only thing is I got a 80 GB hard drive since I don't need much space. Don't forget tax though (shipping's free), which usually adds around $80.

Since you said cheapest price, this does NOT include any extended warranties and such, but only the 1 year default warranty.

Thus, expect to pay $1300 if you want the 2.0 GHZ which I'd urge since the double L2cache does indeed help a bit, and you can't upgrade it ever so you should get what can IMO.

 

dv6000t and dv6000z models are "CTO", or "custom built to order". In stores you'll see them written as dv6xxxt or dv6xxxz. All the big national retailers carry those. I really suggest doing a CTO model since you get so much more control over what you want. You have to wait a week or two, but it's totally worth it.

If you're a student/educator, you can go through HP's Academic Purchase Program (APP) for an additional discount.


FWIW, the dedicated video card in the dv2000 is a joke. It's only 32MB of on-board memory, the rest is borrowed from system memory using TurboCache. It will run Vista, but it doesn't really play games at all.

 

With the setup yo want the only place to get it is HP.com