Best Buy : Gateway M-6862 for $675

It appears the price has dropped again, to $525! I will be going back for a price match tonight.

 

I'll call my Best Buy today and see what they say. I'm not holding my breath.

 

At their website its still 749$

 

I think I will definitely swing by Best Buy after work this afternoon to get one. I called last night and they still had "one or two" left @ $525. Hopefully I get there in time. This is a steal that my wife will have to live with on the credit card for a couple of months, even though she said no way!

EDIT: I have been researching 9-cell batteries, but haven't been able to find one meant for this laptop...If I can find one I won't get it.

 

Still $685 at my Best Buy. Still lots of time left on my price guarantee.

 

You can get this for $425 now.

 

i called several bestbuys and it seems only some carry it at the $525 price point. needless to say, i went ahead and got one for 525 plus 8 dollars recylcing fees and tax which came to a total of $573. immediately after opening the unit, playing oblivion and farcry with fluidity ease my tension of whether i should keep this. for a sub 600 dollars laptop, this unit just blows the crap out of all those hps and dells with gf8400. it's amazing how such an awesome gaming unit can be tucked away waiting for notebookreview readers to snatch up. thank goodness for this forum and the wonderful members.

highly recommend other members to pick these babies up before theyre gone.


heres my opening shots of the thing.

 

I had the m-6864x and really miss it now - night and day difference between the 2600 and my 9500m GS. The 2600 was way better in games.

 

im going back in tomorrow after band, see if i can get 75 bucks back.

 

Well it's not $525 at my local BB. The closest one is 40 mins away. Not sure if I want to make that trip for $75.

 

The lower price is a big YMMV.

 

Just wanted to thank the OP for the heads up. Typing on my new system
Had no problem with the BB. They had three in stock, though none on display. Rang up at $524

 

Just got one for 425 + tax
They had like 5-6 in stock, but none on display.

 

I am assuming that you did the Comcast/Cox trick to get the price down an extra hundred? What do you think of the system?

 

i like to know that trick

 

hey slayer whats the battery life on the laptop i might get one

 

i got back from bestbuy and the Gateway M-6862 is 524.99 and it was the LAST ONE but i cou'dnt get it =[

 

i think imma get it 2morrow hopefully no1 buys it imma go first thing in the morning when they open just to make sure because when i went it was right when they closed (10pm) but they let me in so yeah hope to own this wonderful machine 2morrow

 

you shoulda jumped on that deal^^

Can someone buy me one and ship it haha!

5 BestBuys around me and none have em!

 

hahahah i know, funny story, so me and my friend got there and i asked them for the 6862 and the guy looked it up but at first before he checked, i asked him and he looked it up but i said 6863 because i wasn't sure but i told him i saw it online and he went on the website and found it and it showed 749.99 and then he found it in the store it wasn't up for display and i asked him how much would it be? he said it should be the same as the price online but when he scanned it, it shows 524.99 his face expression was like ***? lol, while my plan was only to go there and see how much it cost and if it was true that it was for 524.99 , it was .

then out of nowhere i turn to my friend and i was like aye can you spot me? ill pay you back and hes like ***?! and he was about to , but he hit his limits on cc so im going back today and getting it with my dad and ill pay him back later , because i can't miss out on this deal , with one left on the shelf too!

 

my luck ran out went to BB and last one sold an hr be4 i got there

 

I wish it came with 32 bit vista and not 64 bit regardless of the fact that it has 4 GB of RAM. Most users dont need the extra hassle of a 64 bit Vista.

 

It comes with a CD and instructions on how to downgrade to 32-bit Vista.

 

Does it?!

I didnt even both to look; I just assumed it was the same way as my M-152XL, which did not have instructions on how to get to 64 bit.

EDIT: Wow your right. I shoulda looked earlier. +rep

 

Picked mine up today!

 

lucky where did u pick it up and how much?

 

$529.

Bestby in Selma Texas......

 

oh nicee you're smart unlike me i saw one for 524.99 but didn't decide to pick up til next day when it was too late...im super bummed out right now

 

I got one of these sweet machines for $450 tax included yesterday. But sadly I didn't really need another laptop, and yet I'm debating going back to pickup another one.

Edit: I did have to force them to scan the laptop for the price. They kept on using their Internal website to tell me the price was $749.

Edit again: Just noticed lots of these laptops are on Craigslist (**** those rip off artists), but they are advertising this laptop as having the Radeon 2600 XT, and looking at the specs page on Gateway's website it also lists the HD 2600 XT. I'm pretty sure this doesn't have the XT, but can anybody confirm?

 

its not the xt, just the HD 2600 with gddr3

 

It does? I just moved n don't have all my boxes unpacked but certain i still have all my original cd's and literature etc. How complicated would it be to swap to 32-bit? Think performance would be worse? Would you then never be able to re-upgrade to 64-bit? Cuz 64-bit is a hassel honostly w/ being incompatible w/ so many things

 

I don't know how bad it would be. Honestly, I haven't had any problems at all with 64-bit Vista. Most of the apps I install are 32-bit but they run fine.

 

Mine has it. You sure you didnt get a used one?

 

sell it to me =P 500 shipped <3

 

Just got mine priced adjusted $609.99 to $524.99! I love this laptop! With my savings I might upgrade the CPU to a T8300! lol

 

well, I got mine adjusted frm $599 to $542 which was their store clearance price. They checked stock at a few other stores which were at $524 but the customer service girl asked her boss and would not pp me to the other so...only $542. still better than nothing.

 

Well, if you've got lots of references/rep, and are willing to pay for insured shipping + $4 gas to UPS/Fedex (stupid hurricane), I'd be willing to consider going to pickup one for you.

krazyphire, how is WinMo 6.1 working for you?

 

That does raise a very good question, at least in my opinion

What is the upper limit (speed) on the type of processor we could throw into this bad boy?

 

If it was XT type would be sweat ... since only ATI XTs have the Temp Sensors.

BTW, I posted on the wrong Thread (6862 Review) ... I got mine yesterday for $525 + Tax. Thanks Slayer!

G!

 

Try this ...

ATI TOOL
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=725

G!

 

Hi Link,

Just curious ... how is a $525 laptop "only" half of your 860TU Clevo!?!?

I am sure your M860TU will cost you easily in $2K range ... right!?!? And this Gateway M-6862 is not even close to the Clevo's power!!!

EDIT: Link what do you think M-6862 vs Clevo M762TU!?!?

Thanks,

G!

 

well i've been on here for quite awhile ever since i heard about the asus c90s which i am trying to get rid of right now

i don't do a lot of online shopping but heres all the refs i got from ebay

http://myworld.ebay.com/eklipzyee

i just really want this laptop but can't find it anywhere me now since its out of stock and online is too much for me

so what would total be? right now im just waitin on my finanial aid money so if you can wait a week or 2 then i will buy it from u for sure and i am from california btw

 

Well buddy of mine says this Mobo can do up to T7500. And in fact there some of the folks here that have already changed out their T5750 with T7500 and no problems.

But, I wonder if you can go higher than T7500 though!?!?

G!

 

Well its ($525-$100)*1.06 (tax) + insured shipping = $450.5 + insured shipping. I've never shipped anything this big so I don't know the shipping price, I'll have to go check and see. Judging from a FedEx quote its around $30.

But I'm going to try to go tomorrow, pickup another one, and try to get a detailed shipping price. What's your zip?

Also has anybody played a HD video yet? 1080P? H.264? I'm wondering how well it plays.

 

95122 *this reply is too short so i had to type this*

 

As I've been told it would probably support up to the Socket P X9000 Intel Exteme CPU. Which is pretty good! Except that the CPU would cost more than the machine. lol

 

since this laptop is on clearance i wonder when will gateway update this with a new refresh.

 

Hi folks,

Q1: What kind of Warranty comes with this laptop? You know Gateway's Warranty?

Q2: With this unit phasing out ... how does the Warranty thing will work?

G!

 

A1: Got mine with Best Buy warranty

A2: Covers everything including accidental spills, screen breaking, hardware malfunctions. They will replace it with a notebook of equal value, and I would think with what this is packing it would be a nice replacement!

 

oh yea gecko do u have refs/rep as well? i see you don't have that may post/rep points but more then me and also been here for or at least made an account along time ago but you don't post a lot