residue said:In their website, it says "All sales final. Defective products
will be exchanged within 10 business days."
Is this laptop a brand new or refurbished?

If you guys got this laptop already, please let us know what condition it has.

I got one the other day. They are brand new. They had a pile of them at the store and they all had the original seal.

I talked to a salesperson there about the all sales final policy. The reason they put that is because they had a few people ask if they could return the laptop after 8 weeks if they get denied for the rebate I ask, what company would actually do that. Just make sure you meet all the requirements for the trade up. Duh.

Good find - many thanks to OP.
Placed an order with UB Micro and confirmed that these units are brand new.
Will be tradingg in 4 yr. old Dell Inspiron. Was searching for a battery for this Dell, which I was getting for about $130. Now I get a new laptop for $300 instead : Sweeet!(250+shipping+non-functional battery surcharge)

dhanno said:Good find - many thanks to OP.
Placed an order with UB Micro and confirmed that these units are brand new.
Will be tradingg in 4 yr. old Dell Inspiron. Was searching for a battery for this Dell, which I was getting for about $130. Now I get a new laptop for $300 instead : Sweeet!(250+shipping+non-functional battery surcharge)

It's hard to debate a $250 AR laptop while "recycling" your old one that you would let sit and collect dust in a corner.

2 week review. I really do like this laptop a lot. One thing that I did buy based on recommendation from UBmicro employee is a Targus Chill Mat. It's the USB pad with fans built in to it. It makes a huge difference on the temperature of the base of the laptop and the laptop seems ot run better. The pad works with any USB laptop, even my Apple PowerBook

Wow! thats old. does it still work

I have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron 4150. It does NOT show up on the list.

camarojoe said:penniless said:I have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron 4150. It does NOT show up on the list.

My friend traded his in to Sony. It was not on the list. He emailed then and they gave him approval on his model. They replied to him in 3 hours.


Thanks. I send them a mail and they replied back within 2 hours. This is the reply I got.


"Thank you for your interest in the Sony Tradeup & Go Pro 2 Notebook
Upgrade Promotion

If your model is not on the list, simply select the correct
manufacturer and choose any model. The next page will ask you to accept or modify
the configurations of the model you have chosen. If the specifications
of the model chosen are not the same as yours, select "modify
configuration" and modify as needed."

I am placing my order first thing in the morning.

airandwater said:Good luck with the sony battery. It is better to stay away when Apple and Dell are doing the exact something.

Show me a laptop that doesn't get hot that has been made in the past 2 years.
The cooling pad works great with my laptops cooling them down and the Sony battery hasn't been recalled.

I checked my Sony, it has venting on the left side of the laptop. It only really gets warm towards the front right corner of it. But with the cooling pad, I don't have any heat issues.

jambuckles said:I have the 15.4" lcd one from Buy.com. It is a nice laptop, but the fans run almost constantly.

Is speedstep working? You can download cpuz program to see the actual cpu running speed. The PM740 in my HP laptop only runs at 800MHz most of the time.

whywhq said:I wish my battery could burn my house. and sony or Dell would pay me a few million dollars...

airandwater said:Good luck with the sony battery. It is better to stay away when Apple and Dell are doing the exact something.

Run your laptop at full capacity and wrap it in a blanket on your couch. I'm sure that will do the trick

I'm sure a lot of these incidents that have been reported could have been prevented. Some people just get sue-happy.