I was at Best Buy yesterday and found an Quad Core AMD A8-4500M for 429.00. It is not on sale, but it is the cheapest A8 I've found by a bit. I couldn't find it on their website, and neither could they when purchasing. I wanted to verify it had Hdmi...but they let me open it in store.
Keyboard is soft, but responsive. Screen is bright. Sound is clear. It has Dolby Digital. Numeric keypad. It comes with a free copy of Dirt 3 from Steam. Be Gentle....
Sku 5688596 Model v3-551-8887
Going golfing. Sorry I wont be able to update post for a few hours if there are any questions.
I just talked with a friend of mine that was looking at laptops with his GF, I'm going to tell him to check this one out, it's in-stock at my local BB.
Edit: No specification for battery life? What kind of company releases a laptop, without testing it for battery life with MobileMark 2007? WTF?
It does say "6-cell battery", but I don't think it lists the Wh either.
So does anyone want to hazard a guess as to how long the battery will last in this thing?
ftblstr said: Keyboard is soft, but responsive. Screen is bright. Sound is clear. It has Dolby Digital. Numeric keypad. It comes with a free copy of Dirt 3 from Steam. Be Gentle....
Can't say I've seen that game offered on Steam before.
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karrenlin708
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posted: Aug. 26, 2012 @ 5:17p
I was also looking at the $299 ($285 with red card) Target deal, with a B950 CPU. This one adds USB 3.0 and BT, which is nice.
A8-4500M CPU seems to be better too, but I am not sure by how much. Benchmarks place it way higher than B950. But real world performance might not be as large of a difference.
I think GPU (graphics) for games would be much better than B950 in the Target deal. If you game, then this one would be better. Still on the lower end, but for the price, it does not seem bad at all.
Assuming you have a red card, then this deal is ~$145 more. I am debating whether it is worth it for the USB 3.0 port, BT, slightly better CPU performance, and nice GPU performance boost. Leaning towards worth it.
Can someone share additional information on these CPUs?
VirtuaL
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Aug. 26, 2012 @ 6:45p
This laptop is WAY better than a Pentium/Celeron B950 laptop. Far superior GPU, superior CPU, USB3, HDMI, the works.
DonJuan
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 27, 2012 @ 1:54a
If you count Target Redcard 5%, then you should count AMEX/BB $20 off $200, making this $409.
DonJuan
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 27, 2012 @ 1:56a
Not bad for the price. Wished it had 2 x USB3 to do fast transfer between externals.
MrVietnam
Senior Member - 5K
posted: Aug. 27, 2012 @ 3:07a
adentty said: where is the link
It is the third post...posted by FrugalFreak.
e123
Member
posted: Aug. 28, 2012 @ 1:33p
I have a $500 bb gift card and plan on using it for a new laptop. I dont know too much about computers, is this going to be my best deal for something around $500? Just using it for browsing, music, stuff like that.
Prices are 399.99-449.99 AR.... AMD A-6-4455M / Icore i5-3210M / AMD A8-4500M (2 HPs and 1 Toshiba pro) open link and open each page... $50 HP Rebate and $100 Student Rebate (all have Win 8 rebate) Make sure you do the math... they have NOT figured all rebates in their so called price.
OR
Also... NEW COUPON FOR 17.3" LAPTOP HP Pavilion g7-2022us - 17.3" has $100 off Coupon.... 749.99 -100(Instant Saving) -100(Coupon) -50(HP rebate) = $499.99. Not available in all stores. While supplies last. Item no. 933520 Coupon Linky exp. 9/1/12
Best Buy in Memphis, TN had these laptops on clearance for $429 - 30% = $300! Great price for this laptop! The boy in blue said was due to the fact that they were Windows 7 machines. They had a couple left, but I bought one of them.
whoever
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 13, 2012 @ 9:43p
jcd3 said: Best Buy in Memphis, TN had these laptops on clearance for $429 - 30% = $300! Great price for this laptop! The boy in blue said was due to the fact that they were Windows 7 machines. They had a couple left, but I bought one of them.
Which BB in Memphis?
jcd3
Addicted Member
posted: Nov. 14, 2012 @ 9:55a
Popular & 240
karrenlin708
New Member
posted: Dec. 6, 2012 @ 7:44a
A smart phone for a laptop............................
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