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    Toshiba Satellite A215-S7411 Notebook $399.99 AR on this Friday 12/07/07

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Wu Jen, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. Wu Jen

    Wu Jen Some old nobody

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    On this Friday 12/07/07, CompUSA is selling this laptop again for $399.99 after rebate. This is only available at the store!! NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE!

    Link to the Laptop.
    Link to the Ad.

    With your laptop purchase, you can get:
    1. Save $50 on Office Home and Student 2007 after savings and rebate
    2. Get a FREE All-In-One Printer after MIR

    Details of the laptop:

    Toshiba Satellite A215-S7411 Notebook
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.7GHz Processor
    1GB RAM
    160GB Hard Drive
    15.4-inch WXGA TFT Display
    8X DVD+/-RW Drive
    Windows Vista Home Premium

    Was: $639.99
    SAVE $240 eRebate
    $399.99

    Shipping is free.
    Mfg Part #: PSAFGU-02U002
    SKU: 348486
     
    Wu Jen, Dec 5, 2007
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  2. Carlsan

    Carlsan Newbie

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    Which one is better - this one or the Compaq Model C714NR $399.00 on Sunday at Best Buy?
    Which one would be a better pc?
     
    Carlsan, Dec 6, 2007
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  3. onion

    onion Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    The Compaq is far superior. Its Core 2 Duo based while that Toshiba is using the older TK version of Turion X2 with crippled 256kb per core L2 cache ( vs 512kb per core on the TL) Plus you have to spend tax on that massive rebate which you could have used to upgrade the Compaq to 2gb RAM.

    Compaq is FAR faster, longer batter life, runs cooler.....its just superior.
     
    onion, Dec 6, 2007
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  4. vbrookie

    vbrookie Notebook Consultant

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    I would have to agree with Onion. And I don't know if it's just me or anybody else but my experiences with Toshiba's CS totally sucked. I am sending my Toshiba in for second time, and the first incident (Bios password) took me 2 1/2 months for them to replace the motherboard and get my notebook back. All the headache and time I had to go through trying to get my notebook back, it's not worth $100 saving I had. I've told them the story about my first experience, and they assured this time it's not going to take that long. But I'll have to wait and see.
     
    vbrookie, Dec 7, 2007
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