Cheetah2004 said:Weights 6lb. Kinda heavy.
Pretty standard (maybe even a tad light for a 15.4, by a couple ounces). The number of battery cells is sometimes an overlooked weight factor. My wife's low-end Toshiba is 4-cell; less than 6 lbs, but whimpy 1.25 hr duration is a total pain.

SleekWallet said:fwiffo said: might not have gotten any last night and so is in a bad mood.

thats my manager!

hey sleek...which OD is that...so I can stay away...

Thanks for the heads up OP. Not gonna bother with the PM. If it works great, but chances are I'm just asking for a headache.

But for $530, no rebate, I am just gonna pick some up at a BB.

webazoid said:tyrone3971 said:mpugozong said:wlin1998 said:What is T2080, anywhere better than T2060?

Faster speed, that's all.
I think you could say that Dual-core is the "Celeron" version of Core-Duo
The only thing that I see different is the cache size.

And it's based on the older Pentium M core, not the Core or Core2 cores so clock for clock it's about 20% slower.

t2080 is a core duo w/ half the cache. it's not based on any other architecture.

Wrong,Wrong,Wrong.The t2060 and t2080 share nothing with the core duo cpu's other than they are both made by Intel.They're targeted at people who think "Hey,the t2050 is Core Duo so the t2060 must be Core Duo" It's old technology that is cheaper to produce than the real thing.If you buy a laptop with a t2060,the sticker on it will say"Dual-Core" not "Core Duo" Don't be fooled by the number intel gave it.

WOW - Did you know you can order online and pick up form the store designating CASH as the payment type? I just placed an order for 7 of these at my local (cancelled the order right after though) store and the order date was the 22nd........ making me think that the rebate would be good though I would have to still do the PM.

PoisnBGood said:Maybe, but I am buying 3 for people who have asked me to look for a deal. So I need something that requires minimal effort. Getting 3 PM after rebate, and having it on 3 names, 3 addresses, so that they don't get declined...

If it was one, I'd try it. But for 3 other people, nah...

If they are looking to cheap out, Acer AS3680-2633 is $450 at BB (also $150 off the current price). Celeron M instead of 2080, CD-RW/DVD instead of DVD-RW, and smaller screen. But, it is thinner, lighter and $80 cheaper.

I think for most people who look at the bottom end, CPU doesn't matter as much, with Celeron M being a very decent, even if outdated, laptop CPU. DVD burner... Sure, it's nice to have. But really necessary? Not for a lot of people. Smaller screen is likely to be the only drawback.

BTW, either laptop will need more memory. Vista is not happy in "only" 512MB, and IMO, more memory will give heck of a lot more bang for the buck than faster CPU.

That would only make sense. You will place the order today (and my order for cash had tomorrow's date) and pick up and pay tomorrow and the date WILL be TOMORROW'S date.

You just have to haggle with the PM !

fwiffo said:If they are looking to cheap out, Acer AS3680-2633 is $450 at BB (also $150 off the current price). Celeron M instead of 2080, CD-RW/DVD instead of DVD-RW, and smaller screen. But, it is thinner, lighter and $80 cheaper.

I think for most people who look at the bottom end, CPU doesn't matter as much, with Celeron M being a very decent, even if outdated, laptop CPU. DVD burner... Sure, it's nice to have. But really necessary? Not for a lot of people. Smaller screen is likely to be the only drawback.

BTW, either laptop will need more memory. Vista is not happy in "only" 512MB, and IMO, more memory will give heck of a lot more bang for the buck than faster CPU.Buy 2 1Gb sticks of memory for running Vista. I've got a Toshiba laptop I got a couple weeks ago on one of these PM to BB, rebate from OD deals. Came with 512Mb, installed 2Gb. After booting, with no programs other than what's in the system tray, it uses around 667Mb of memory. That's not including the 128Mb reserved for the shared video. If you keep the 512Mb, or only boost it to 1Gb, your laptop won't run as fast as it could due to using the hard drive for the swap file all the time. Serious performance penalty.

Hi,

Can you show me how to get the Acer AS3680-2633 is $450 at BB? It shows $599 in the bestbuy website. Thanks!!

Do these Dual Core CPUs support SpeedStep? It's a shame that Intel doesn't post specs for these things.