Black Friday Notebook Deals ($299 notebook at Compusa?)

Well it's that time of the year:

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HP Pavilion ze2308wm for $398 at Walmart (No Rebates)
AMD Mobile Sempron 2800+ Processor (1.60GHz)
256MB DDR SDRAM Memory (Expandable to 1.0GB)
40GB Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
802.11b/g Wireless Networking
15" TFT XGA Display
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition+Service Pack 2
Dimensions: 13.15"(W) x 10.80"(L) x 1.29"(min)/1.63"(max)(H)
Weight: 6.51lbs

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Compaq V2000Z $299 AR or $549 AR at Compusa
AMD Mobile Sempron 2800+ Processor (1.60GHz)
256MB DDR SDRAM Memory (Expandable to 2.0GB)
Brightview 14.1 widescreen
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
40gb Harddrive
802.11b/g Wireless Networking
ATI Radeon Xpress 200m
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition+Service Pack 2

$729.99 - $30 Mfr Mail in Rebate - $150 CompUSA Mail-in Rebate - $250 Compusa Gift Card when you sign up for 12 months of AOL = $299.99

I know signing up for AOL for a year sucks so they're letting you have it for $549.99 if you don't sign up which is also not too shabby.

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Microcenter is currently running this deal for those who can't wait till Black Friday for more deals:

Acer Aspire 3003LCi for $499 AR or $399 AR
Mobile AMD® Sempron Processor 3000+ (1.80GHz)
256MB PC-2700 DDR RAM (Expandable to 2.0GB)
40GB 4,200RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Combo 8x DVD-ROM; 24x24x24 CD-RW Drive
15.0" XGA Display
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Network Adapter
Integrated IEEE-802.11b/g 54Mbps Wireless Network Adapter
Average Run Time: Up to 1.5 Hours
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
Dimensions (WxDxH): 14.3" x 11.0" x 1.5"
Weight: 6.08 lbs
1 Year Limited Warranty

$699 - $200 mail in rebates = $499
You can also knock off another $100 if you sign up for a visa credit card there making the deal even sweeter for $399!

Link to site
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=214377



I found all these from BF2005.com (they deserve the credit)

 

Huh, all AMD based deals too. Intel's going to lose some major market share if they don't get their processors into some of these cheaper notebooks that the stores seem to be gearing up to unleash after TG day.

These are all amazing deals, thanks for the post breezie, and definitely thanks to bf2005.com.

 

ah, but the real question is which one to buy...

any possiblity on cracking any of these open and throwing in a MT Turion?

 

yeah this is a good question.

 

I don't see why not...if the motherboard has sempron support it should very well have support for these other cpus...maybe not, maybe they didn't add the support for other cpus in the bios...still a good possibility....wow these things are gonna make great christmas presents...

Cheers,
Mike

 

Best Buy ads are out

www.bf2005.com

noted is a toshiba celeron 15" notebook for $379, NO REBATES

 

They started a laptop spec. thread.
http://bfads.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=172

I spent a little time to try to find those in each store's website and I will probably keep doing it, catching anything they miss.

 

$299 for a laptop with 12 months of AOL at $23.99 a month for AOL. It doesn't make it as good a deal as the $400 HP at Wal-Mark or the $379 Toshiba at BestBuy in my opinion.

 

I personally think the Microcenter one is the best deal if you're willing to go there and sign up for a credit card. Plus it's not a black friday deal so you can do it now.

 

OK, What is the MicroCenter deal?

 

last one on my original post at the top ---

Acer Aspire 3003LCi for $499 AR or $399 AR
Mobile AMD® Sempron Processor 3000+ (1.80GHz)
256MB PC-2700 DDR RAM (Expandable to 2.0GB)
40GB 4,200RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Combo 8x DVD-ROM; 24x24x24 CD-RW Drive
15.0" XGA Display
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Network Adapter
Integrated IEEE-802.11b/g 54Mbps Wireless Network Adapter
Average Run Time: Up to 1.5 Hours
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
Dimensions (WxDxH): 14.3" x 11.0" x 1.5"
Weight: 6.08 lbs
1 Year Limited Warranty

$699 - $200 mail in rebates = $499
You can also knock off another $100 if you sign up for a visa credit card there making the deal even sweeter for $399!

Link to site
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=214377

 

That $100 off with the Visa Credit card sign up is tempting (better than the usual stupid free t-shirt), but for those concerned with credit history remember that the more credit cards you have signed up for the worse it looks on your credit history record...so if you're applying for a loan or mortgage anytime soon might just want to pay the extra $100 and get a $499 laptop. Which isn't bad anyway.

 

Only think I don't like from it is the intel 900 graphics, otherwise it's good

 

They don;t have a laptop with a decent video card...

 

Lol, true but the Express 200m slaps the intel-based video silly.

 

every Wallmart sales HP laptop on black friday?

 

which AOL service does Walmart require you to sign up for actually?the dial up?

 

walmart doesn't require any signups or rebates--- compusa does

 

oops..sorry..i mean compusa..what type of AOL service do we need to sign up with?

 

Walmart is changing there prices on the laptop $378 across the board because of Best Buy.

Also Circuit City has a Toshiba L25-1193 for $450 with free wireless router
Celeron M 370
Bright Screen
512megs DDR2 (PC4200)
60gig 5400rpm hd
cdrw/dvd combo drive
b/g wireless
WinXP Home

 

walmart one has the best deal. but it is black friday, do you really want to wait in line in early morning?

 

Either the $15 one or $25 one. I believe circuit city lets you do either for their laptop knocking it down to $199

 

Uhhh.. I only see one rebate available on that laptop for $100. where are you seeing $200 rebate??

 

Which of these two Black Friday Notebook is the best deal? I can only stand in one line. The main difference appears to be the Processor (Celeron M 370-1.5GHz vs AMD Sempron 2800-1.6GHz). I assume that the AMD is better for graphics, but will also create more heat?


Best Buy $379

Toshiba L25 119
Intel Celeron M 370 (1.5GHz)
256 DDR2 SDRAM Memory
40GB 4200RPM hard drive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
802.11 b/g wireless built-in
X200M Graphics MB? Shared
15-inch TFT XGA Screen


Walmart $379

HP Ze2308wm
AMD Mobile Sempron 2800+ processor (1.6GHz)
256MB DDR SDRAM memory
40GB 4200RPM hard drive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
802.11b/g wireless built-in
X200M Graphics 32MB shared
15-inch TFT XGA screen

 

Close call, I think it boils down to which place will actually have it in stock on Friday morning. I know the Wal mart stock will be low. Is that BB deal no rebates needed? If so, I'd go with that.

 

Having multiple credit cards (without debt, of course) doesn't hurt your credit record a bit. If anything, it helps to establish a positive credit history.

 

Both these notebooks have no rebates and you pay $379 + tax, though since I am in Delaware, I pay no tax :-D

 

Having too many credit cards or even applying for too many does hurt your credit. Ask any real estate investor.

 

Black Friday Not-So-Specials

The $299 notebook at CompUSA came with a mandatory 1 year of AOL
<yuck>

The $379 deal at Best Buy was a joke. The line was all the way around the building and then turned into the parking lot. It was raining.

The $448 deal at Circuit City--was practically nonexistantI got there at 2:30 in the morning and there had been people camped there all night who didn't get one--There were over 300 people in line, I started out to be about #50, and then about 150 people took cuts at the front (and I live in a civilized area) so the campers were defionately NOT happy campers. It turns out Circuit City only had FIFTEEN of the cheap Toshibas. They also ran out of the printer/copier/fax that came free after rebate with any purchase of a computer by the time I got in.

I ended up buying a Compaq for about $750 or $800 back at Circuit city because it has a Kewl graphics card and a pretty good screen.

This was my first and my last Black Friday effort. In the future, I will sleep in.

 

****.. what's the fuss for....If you are going to invest $400 into a laptop you might as well pay a little more to get a much better computer... I bought my emachines w4605 brand new on ebay for $599. (retails at wal-mart for $797) It shipped with a sempron 2800 and 512 pc2700.... but the best part is...it's UPGRADABLE to an athlon 64 3700 and up to 2gigs of pc3200.. I saved tons and will slowly watch for a good deal to upgrade the ram and cpu.

 

Getting a new credit card will drop your credit score around 10-20 points. Having a new credit cards (under 3 years) hurts the score a little. www.freecreditreport.com

 

My GUESS would be you can get one at that price IF you open up a credit card there AND charge it on it.