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james_clickmemedia · 05-15-2008, 05:07 AM

Anyone know of any special deals on laptops right now.
Looking for a cheep laptop for my mother, for around $500

Would prefer xp pro as vista is a pos. however expect it will be vista or nothing these days..

Bought a acer aspire for my girlfriend a year ago for about $550 and she has had no real issues with it and uses it every day....

v4 media · 05-15-2008, 06:14 AM

I went to the local shop, got a sony vaio ex display model, should have been $1,200 got it for $600 with extended warranty. Shops are hurting, go in there tell you've got $500 see what they offer you.

Czech · 05-15-2008, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by james_clickmemedia

Anyone know of any special deals on laptops right now.
Looking for a cheep laptop for my mother, for around $500

Would prefer xp pro as vista is a pos. however expect it will be vista or nothing these days..

Bought a acer aspire for my girlfriend a year ago for about $550 and she has had no real issues with it and uses it every day....

I had (well still have an Acer aspire) and the 120 gig HD decided to cook itself, took it to Acer service and they quoted $500 for a new HD the laptop only cost me $1250 the warranty ran out 1 month before it happened so it's been sitting in the original box for the past 2 months, I'm not about to fork out $500 for a HD.

pornguy · 05-15-2008, 06:40 AM

go to a smaller shop. You should be able to get something.

Also check Dell, and see what they have.

alby_persignup · 05-15-2008, 06:56 AM

try hp pavilion entertainment pc, they've already installed Vista.

james_clickmemedia · 05-15-2008, 08:40 AM

thanks everyone...I wish more came with xp instead of vista, I guess I could buy one with 1 gig of ram then upgrade to 2gig so it will work with vista...

roly · 05-15-2008, 08:55 AM

i've just bought my girlfriend a dell vostro, not sure in the US but in the UK it was the best spec for lowest price i could find anywhere.

candyflip · 05-15-2008, 08:56 AM

TigerDirect has some Lenovo laptops for $599, a few Acers and HPs in the same price range...probably including the one you mentioned.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...c.asp?CatId=17

TondaB · 05-15-2008, 09:44 AM

Dell has some laptops with xp on them still. I just ordered one for myself. I haven't dealt with Vista and don't intend to anytime soon.

Best of luck

Xrated J · 05-15-2008, 09:48 AM

i picked up a sony from best buy for 550. its not for biz, but it works good

markz08 · 05-15-2008, 09:54 AM

there are a lot of good shops around that will give u good laptop for lesser price but sometimes some of them are not good in quality...so you definitely should check it properly...

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candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,061	TigerDirect has some Lenovo laptops for $599, a few Acers and HPs in the same price range...probably including the one you mentioned. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...c.asp?CatId=17 __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

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v4 media Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 2,934	I went to the local shop, got a sony vaio ex display model, should have been $1,200 got it for $600 with extended warranty. Shops are hurting, go in there tell you've got $500 see what they offer you.

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roly Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,844	i've just bought my girlfriend a dell vostro, not sure in the US but in the UK it was the best spec for lowest price i could find anywhere.

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