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    Lenovo E420 - Sale on Lenovo Site

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by LASpurs, Oct 20, 2011.

  1. LASpurs

    LASpurs Notebook Consultant

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    I just got this below on the official Lenovo website for $441 excl tax.

    It's replacing my sadly RIP T61P (no thanks to Nvidia and their Graphics Cards).

    Deal is here, I think it might be gone on the Lenovo site now..

    Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 Laptop: Core i5 2430M 2.40GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB 7200RPM HDD, 14" 1366x768 Display, WiFi N, Bluetooth, 6-cell Battery, Win 7 Prem $444 + Free Shipping - Lenovo.com Deals, Coupons and Promos
     
    LASpurs, Oct 20, 2011
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  2. AboutThreeFitty

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    Steal of deal!

    Hopefully this will meet your expectations as the T61 are great laptops. I'm still holding on to mine until the GPU lets go.
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Oct 21, 2011
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  3. LASpurs

    LASpurs Notebook Consultant

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    I loved my T61p, so gutted it died so soon.... I vowed never to spend that kinda cash on a laptop again, hence buying this one....
     
    LASpurs, Oct 21, 2011
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  4. 6eSamsung

    6eSamsung Notebook Guru

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    Good choice LaSpurs. The first job I had when I was 15 I saved all summer and purchased a $2300 top-of-the-line laptop. It lasted me several years but retained only a fifth of its value. I was coming from the exact same mindset when I purchased my E420 and am quite happy with my decision.

    Also, you got a very good deal. I have an identical model except for the i5-2410M in mine and received it for 479 after tax in store. That is the cheapest I have personally seen it so you are definitely getting a good deal. Congratulations.
     
    6eSamsung, Oct 21, 2011
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  5. LASpurs

    LASpurs Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks :D I was so gutted when I found out the T61p had died, and was so pissed off that Lenovo/Nvidia basically did nothing about it. After spending that amount of money on a laptop I expected it to last a little longer than 3.5 years..

    I vowed never to spend that kind of money on one again, hence thinking this was such a great deal. Thing is I like the Lenovo's, I like using the little red button and not many other manufacturers have them on their laptops (my work HP does). I don't use my laptop for gaming (use my PS3 for that) so don't need a monstrous graphics cards to play games on.

    If this one dies after 3.5 years I won't be quite as disappointed! :p :D
     
    LASpurs, Oct 21, 2011
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  6. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Exactly why I'm extremely pleased with my $391 SL410. :p
     
    talin, Oct 21, 2011
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