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    Too good to be true?

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by karnaaj, Feb 12, 2006.

  1. karnaaj

    karnaaj Notebook Enthusiast

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    karnaaj, Feb 12, 2006
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    kylechanb Notebook Consultant

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    Nice! Basically you don't need to upgrade any thing on this laptop! Hardware-wise is perfect. I hope someone from here will write a review in term of its quility.=)
     
    kylechanb, Feb 12, 2006
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  3. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Everything in Moderation

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    No scam here--its loaded.

    So, you really need to decide if you are content with Acer. I suggest visiting the Acer forum to get a feel for issues with their product.
     
    SpacemanSpiff, Feb 12, 2006
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Wow, can't believe they cut the price! Amazing deal! Thanks for posting, I'm going to port this over to the Deals section.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 12, 2006
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  5. karnaaj

    karnaaj Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea, Thats exactly what I was thinking.
     
    karnaaj, Feb 12, 2006
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    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    O My gosh thats a good deal! That would be a great gamming computer for a crazy price!! I can't believe the specs it is like totally maxed out, exept for the CPU but stilll its a Core Duo 1.66! It is almost maxed out and even has a cool 1.3 mp camera built in.
     
    Jason, Feb 13, 2006
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  7. SeaSlorg

    SeaSlorg Notebook Geek

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    Wow, everything except the video card (X1400) and CPU (if there's that big of a difference between 1.66 and 2.0) is essentially maxed out.

    However, it's in store only. Then again, 3/4 of the stores in my area have it in stock.
     
    SeaSlorg, Feb 13, 2006
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  8. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Holy ****ing ****, that is a ****ing awesome deal!!!!!! :eek: :eek:

    Man, CompUSA had to have had a mistake on that or something, its gonna be sold out in no time. It had to be a typo or something, that looks too good to be true man.
     
    Rahul, Feb 14, 2006
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    daacon Notebook Evangelist

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    Sweet deal indeed and as an Acer owner I say go for it !!! Only compliant I have with my Acer (owned it about 1 year now) is I wish it was a 17 inch LCD - next one will be :D
     
    daacon, Feb 14, 2006
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    jetstar, Feb 19, 2006
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  11. notebook

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    ps: what was the price when it was still cheap?
     
    notebook, Feb 24, 2006
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    prissluciana Notebook Consultant

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    newegg has this same notebook ...

    its pretty much what i was thinking when i saw it. ...

    To good to be true. ... i'm scared acers build quality is to cheap plus im not to excited about their warrenty(im a super clutz, so its not worth the like $800s off)
     
    prissluciana, Feb 25, 2006
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  13. Darbyjack

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    meh. cheap. I wish stuff was cheaper here
     
    Darbyjack, Feb 25, 2006
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    :::

    Too expensive, My Dealer Friends sell it at $1469 Cdn plus Tax.

    :::
     
    Talon88, Mar 6, 2006
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  15. SeaSlorg

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    I think it was 1250 or so. The price is higher now.
     
    SeaSlorg, Mar 6, 2006
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  16. prissluciana

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    this is actualy the computer i'm going to buy in a 2 weeks to a month

    EDIT: Of course, i had forgoten that i posted on this thread before...and after re-reading that post i'd like to say that i've done a little reasearch and all that have owned it hav esaid the build quality is good so...yeah :p
     
    prissluciana, Mar 6, 2006
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    Dont' forget Core Duo have deceving battery performance. 20-30% shorter than centrino models overall. I still prefer a centrino over a core duo because of that.
     
    cyberderf, Mar 8, 2006
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  18. SeaSlorg

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    Is that with or without the USB port bug? Celerons have draw around 25w, PMs 27w, Solos 27w, Duos 31w. (Also, the celerons may be misleading; I don't think they have powerscaling)
     
    SeaSlorg, Mar 8, 2006
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