Apple 13.3" MacBook w/Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz Processor / 1GB / 120GB HD -- $1234.99 Apple 15" MacBook Pro w/Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz Processor / 2GB / 120GB HD -- $1899.99 HP Pavilion 14.1" AMD Athlon 64 X2 Laptop w/ 2GB RAM 120GB HD -- $499.99 (?) HP Pavilion 15.4" Notebook w/Intel Centrino Duo Processor / 4GB / 250GB Hard Drive -- $1499.99 HP Pavilion 17" Notebook -- $449.99 HP Pavilion 20.1" Notebook w/Centrino Duo Processor / 2GB /240GB HD -- $2599.99 Sony VAIO 13.3" Notebook w/Intel Centrino Duo Processor / 2GB / 160GB -- $1849.99 Sony VAIO 17" Notebook w/Intel Centrino Duo Processor / 2GB / 320GB -- $1599.99 Sony VAIO Notebook w/Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor / 1GB / 160GB -- $549.99 Toshiba 17" Satellite Notebook w/AMD Turion 64 x2 TL-64 Processor / 2GB / 250GB HD -- $1149.99 Toshiba Satellite SLi1 Notebook w/Core 2 Duo Processor / 2GB / 240GB HD -- $1899.99
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I would advise people not to get any of the Turion 64 X2 laptops. I have one and even though it's freq is higher then my Core 2 Duo laptop, it is far slower. It's maybe half as fast at best.
OP. For better or for worse (IMO, for worse), on FW most of discussion of BF happens in DD forum. In particular, the thread What is the best black friday Laptop deal?. And, there are pointers to the BF threads on BF forum, although that forum seems to be rather incomplete.
Not saying the thread you started is not better than what is in that other thread. The list you compiled is well-researched and organized. Just that with multiple threads on the same subject, mods often end up locking one of them, and killing off a lot of discussion that way. And I'd hate to see the work people put in compiling information going to waste. Plus, it is more difficult to have to check several threads over several forums for the same discussion.
not much good deals this year...i'd rather pay $50-$100 more so i don't have to camp out in the cold
good effor though, so green for you
Tomak
Broke Member
posted: Nov. 15, 2007 @ 11:04a
Wish I knew if any of the deals had a decent video card. Guess I could research it more...
conlaw78
Cranky Member
posted: Nov. 15, 2007 @ 11:04a
fwiffo said: OP. For better or for worse (IMO, for worse), on FW most of discussion of BF happens in DD forum. In particular, the thread What is the best black friday Laptop deal?. And, there are pointers to the BF threads on BF forum, although that forum seems to be rather incomplete.yea, what OP did here is real research. That BF laptop thread is still junk until someone takes the time to really update the wiki or the original post. I'll stick to this thread. Hopefully it'll get sticky'ed somewhere
Wow! Nice summary. Regarding where it should go... ideally I'd agree with fwiffo -- put it in the black friday laptop thread. I wonder if it gets more exposure and thus helpful replies in Hot Deals. I tried to start a black friday desktop forum in deal discussion myself. Got a few good responses, then it died off. Is the BF Forum gettin enough publicity?
I was originally trying to post to the BF2k7 forum, but apparently it's a pseudo-forum and I had to choose either Hot Deals or Deal Discussion. I chose HD simply because I imagine a great majority of FW novices would look in the HT forum for Black Friday sales, while completely ignoring the DD forum.
The point is now moot, since the mods moved this to DD.
What is CrapUSA even thinking? Most of their lappies are over $1000 ..upto $2600...I understand some of them are high end but this is not the right time or place to sell those expensive ones.
onion said: macjoubert said: Is this a mistake? 399 for Sony is a damn pretty good deal.No mistake. By far the best laptop deal this BF. Yep, it seems very good, I will definitely look forward to get one of these.
fleckeri
Member
posted: Nov. 15, 2007 @ 6:10p
Nice compilation of information.
I will stick with this post.
It will be nice if some one can dig up a little more spec on these deal. e.g. the 2 bestbuy sony deals does not list the processor or the GHz.
I would advise people not to get any of the Turion 64 X2 laptops. I have one and even though it's freq is higher then my Core 2 Duo laptop, it is far slower. It's maybe half as fast at best.
Same hard drive? Same amount of RAM? Similar configuration? similar software tune-up? Dedicated graphics? It is very important to remember that a computer is much more than just the CPU. As a matter of fact, a FAST hard drive will make a greater impact to performance than a faster CPU in a laptop.
Case in point: At work I have a hell latitude D620 (core 2 duo T5500, 1.66 GHz, 2 Mb L2, 65 nm Merom) running windows XP pro. Good specs, but the machine is slow. My old and trusty eMachines M6805 (mobile athlon 64 3000+, original clawhammer 130 nm, 1 MB L2, 1.8 GHz) also runs win XP pro, and it is much faster in everyday computing. It boots at least 10 secs faster, shuts down much faster, open windows and documents faster... almost no wait. FEELS noticeably faster. You wouldn't expect an almost 4 years old machine with a single core CPU to beat a more modern machine, would you? But is does, it is noticeable.
So, where is the trick? Both machines have similar amount of RAM (1 GB D620, 1.25 GB M6805), both are running XP pro, both have discrete video cards (nvidia quadro NVS 100M in the D620, mobility radeon 9600 in the M6805) But the hard drives are quite different. The D620 has a samsung HM040GI hard drive (40 GB, SATA, 5400 RPM, 8 MB) while my M6805 has an IBM-HGST 7K60 (60 GB, 7200 rpm, 8 MB) On paper, the hard drives have similar media transfer rates (512 Mb/sec for the 7K60, 530 M/sec for the HM040GI) but the latency, seek time and full stroke favor the 7K60 by more than 20%. This makes a big difference in opening small files (which are the most common) While on paper the HM040GI is a decent match to the 7K60, in real life it is not... a modern budget hard drive against the top of the line from 3 years ago...
Furthermore, the D620 has a full assortment of corporate bloatware (thanks crapAffe) while the M6805 runs KIS 7.0, and it is tweaked often to keep it running fast and smooth. Yes, the core 2 duo shows who's daddy when performing a search within a 600 pages PDF, even if the M6805 opens the PDF faster I am fully aware the core 2 duo is a superior CPU (as much as it hurts me being an AMD fanboy) but your computer is much more than just your CPU, and with a laptop is it quite harder to customize it.... I have not replaced my M6805 because its combo of mobile athlon 64, mobility radeon 9600 and VIA K8T800 paired with a 7K60 still packs some punch.
Back into topic, if I was buying a laptop right now I would buy the Medion from Aldi. If I had to pick a BF item, the HP DV2432Nr from CompUSA in TG day would be the one (14.1", 2 GM RAM, $499 OTD, being the 14.1" the main factor) By the way, green to OP for the list
It will be nice if some one can dig up a little more spec on these deal. e.g. the 2 bestbuy sony deals does not list the processor or the GHz. The ad says pentium dual-core, no frequency
Are those deals only in store? Can I buy them online? Thanks!
kbnaperville
New Member
posted: Nov. 16, 2007 @ 7:06a
How does the WalMart $350 laptop sold after Halloween compare to BF laptops? I was able to pick up one for school.... but is there a better deal out there worth another shopping trip??? thanks for advice
I'll post this in each of the BF laptop threads...
Compaq has a $30 MIR for any laptop with a model number ending in "US" purchased before 1/5/08. There's a pretty extensive list of excluded retailers, but Staples isn't one of them...brings the price down to $319.
Toastyone said: fleckeri said: Nice compilation of information.
I will stick with this post.
It will be nice if some one can dig up a little more spec on these deal. e.g. the 2 bestbuy sony deals does not list the processor or the GHz.
I am pretty sure the CPU is a 1.46 GHz Intel Pentium T2310
Not sure about both Sony deals at BBY, but I'm fairly certain you're right about the $399 doorbuster at the very least (didn't bother looking at the more expensive one). IIRC, it's the same CPU as the Compaq deals at CC and Staples.
CC $299 laptop is also a very good deal considering it comes with free router and printer . i am not a big fan of compaq though.
mobius8
New Member
posted: Nov. 16, 2007 @ 12:43p
kbnaperville said: How does the WalMart $350 laptop sold after Halloween compare to BF laptops? I was able to pick up one for school.... but is there a better deal out there worth another shopping trip??? thanks for advice
I have been trying to decide on this myself. I have, and am currently using, the Wal-Mart laptop and I am very pleased with it. It does appear that I can get a bit more in terms of HD and DVD burner instead of ROM. But, I am pleased with this laptop and I think that keeping this would be a lot easier than waiting to MAYBE get one of these other deals. A lot of people have been trash talking the ACER but I think it works great for my needs.
manuvns said: CC $299 laptop is also a very good deal considering it comes with free router and printer . i am not a big fan of compaq though.Router and printer are not free.
How does this compare to the Sony 15.4" Laptop Intel Pentium dual-core w/ 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, DVD Burner -- $399.99 at best buy
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onion said: lrothkcsa said: Wow...according to the Staples website, the $349 Compaq is in fact capped at a gig of RAM...glad I slept inStaples website is wrong. You can max it out at 4gb.
Really? That's great. How do you know that the Staples Compaq will take 4gb of ram? Link?
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