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Laptop & Netbook Roundup
Best Laptop / Netbook Deals for 5/3/10
A roundup of the hottest deals on laptop / netbooks around. They have been reviewed for customer satisfaction and best pricing. We also just made The Ultimate Laptop Buying Guide if you want to check it out.
eMachines (eME725-4520) 15.6" Laptop w/ Pentium Dual Core T4400, HP Printer, 4GB Flash Drive & Laptop Carrying Case Bundle $398 + Shipping at Walmart (Added 5/7)
$398 plus shipping ($3.97 for me) for bundle which includes the laptop, PNY 4GB Micro USB flash drive, Fujitsu 15.6" carrying case, and HP Deskjet (F2430) printer/scanner/copier. Thanks to Cj69.
$554.79 with free shipping for this ultra-thin 13.3" Satellite. Comes with 1.3MP webcam with face recognition, HDMI out, bluetooth, and 1 year warranty. Measures 12.7 x 8.78 x 1.35 inches and weighs only 3.9 pounds. The thinnest and lightest Satellite mode yet, with up to 9 hours of battery life. Thanks to pricedrops.
HP (G62-144DX) 15.6" Laptop w/ Core i3 (2.13GHz) $549.99 w/ Free Shipping at BestBuy.com
Intel Core i3-330M (2.13GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
15.6" (1366 x 768) LCD Display w/ LED Backlight
Intel HD Graphics
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$549.99 with free shipping. Comes with media reader, webcam, HDMI out, and 1 year warranty. Measures 1.4 x 14.7 x 9.7 inches and weighs 5.5 pounds. Thanks to kmsch.
MacBook (MC207LL/A) 13.3" Laptop w/ Core 2 Duo (2.26GHz) $799.99 w/ Free In-Store Pickup Only at MicroCenter.com
Intel Core 2 Duo (2.26GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB L2 Cache)
13.3" (1280 x 800) LCD Display
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics
2GB DDR3 1066 RAM
250GB 5,400RPM SATA HD
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
$799.99 with free in-store pickup only. Comes with 1 year limited warranty, iSight camera, 60 watt-hour lithium-polymer battery, 8x Double-Layer SuperDrive, and bluetooth wireless. Thanks to metaldood.
Asus G Series (G51JX-X1) 15.4" NoteBook w/ Core i7 720QM (1.6GHz) $1,199.99 w/ Free Shipping at Newegg
Intel Core i7 720QM(1.6GHz, Cache)
17.3" (1920 x 1080) LCD Display w/ LED Backlight
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M w/ 1GB GDDR5 Video RAM
4GB DDR3 1066 RAM
500GB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$1,199.99 with free shipping for this 15.4" powerhouse. Measures 14.6 x 10.3 x 1.6 inches and weighs 7.26 pounds. 4/5 eggs with 50 reviews.
Expired Deals
Coupon Expired Now $1,829.00 (4/5) - ThinkPad (T410s) 14.1" Laptop w/ Core i5 (2.4GHz) & Switchable Graphics $1,463.20 After Coupon Code & Free Shipping at Lenovo.com
$1,463.20 after coupon code "USPTSERIES20" for 20% off and free shipping. Features media reader, solid state hard drive, dual layer DVD burner, bluetooth, TrackPoint, and 1 year warranty. Thanks to fireserphant.
Expired Now $549.00 (5/6) - Dell (Inspiron 13) 13.3" Laptop w/ Pentium T4300 (2.1GHz) $399.00 w/ Free Shipping at DellHome.com
Pentium T4400 (2.1GHz, 800MHz, 1MB L2 Cache)
13.3" (1280 x 800) LCD Display
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
250GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
3GB DDR2 RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
4 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$399.00 with free shipping. Features built in 2MP webcam, 8X CD/DVD burner, and 1 year limited warranty. Thanks to PatioFurniture.
Expired Now $648.00 at Walmart $749.99 at Frys (5/7) - HP (G62-147NR) 15.6" Notebook w/ Core i5-430M (2.26GHz) $599.99 w/ Free In-Store Pickup at Frys.com
Intel Core i5-430M (2.26GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
15.6" (1366 x 768) LCD Display w/ LED Backlight
Intel HD Graphics
250GB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
4GB DDR3 RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$599.99 with free in-store pickup to avoid the shipping fee ($7.89 for me). Features HDMI out, media reader, webcam and integrated mic, and 1 year warranty. Walmart also has what appears to be the same model (G62-149WM) for $648 and free shipping. Thanks to Cj69 and csmasterkb.
Out of Stock (5/10) - Acer Black (AS5732Z-4598) 15.6" Laptop w/ Pentium T4400 (2.2GHz) $398 w/ Free Site-to-Store Shipping at Walmart
Pentium T4400 (2.2GHz, 800MHz, 1MB L2 Cache)
15.6" (1366 x 768) LCD Display
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
250GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
4GB DDR2 RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$398.00 with free site-to-store shipping or $0.97 shipping. Features built in webcam, media reader, and 1 year limited warranty. Thanks to Cj69.
Expired Now $719 (5/10) - Acer (AS5741-6073) 15.6" Laptop w/ Core i5-430M (2.26GHz) $599.98 w/ Free Shipping at Staples.com (Back In Stock 5/7)
Intel Core i5-430M (2.26GHz, 3MB Cache)
15.6" (1366 x 768) LCD Display
Intel HD Graphics
4GB DDR3 Ram
500GB Hard Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$599.98 after instant savings and free shipping. Comes with media reader, multi-gesture touchpad, and 1 year warranty. Measures 15 x 10 x 1.3 inches and weighs 5.7 pounds.
Unavailable (5/10) - MSI Wind (U123-025US) 10.2" Netbook w/ Atom N280 (1.66GHz) $299.99 w/ Free Shipping at TigerDirect.com
Intel Atom N280 (1.66GHz, 667Mhz, 512KB Cache)
10.2" WSVGA (1024 x 600) LCD Display
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
160GB Hard Drive
1GB RAM
Windows 7 Starter
9 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$299.99 with free shipping. Comes with a 1.3MP webcam, bluetooth, media reader, and 1 year warranty. Measures 10.24 x 1.3 x 7.09 inches and weighs 3.2 pounds. Thanks to curiousgeorgewho.
These are just a few of the deals deserving special mention. If you find a better deal or think there are other laptops that give you more bang for your buck, then please feel free to post them here and share with the community, as your comments or criticisms are always welcome.
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In case anyone is looking for a larger screen with more storage and improved networking this may interest you. Not as great a deal as earlier in the year with 15% BCB but still ~$100 less than anywhere else around lately with the above features (less 1GB RAM which should suffice for most) which are beyond the 15.6" AS5732Z-4598 model above (for only $100 more).
Specs:
Acer (AS7736Z-4088)
* Pentium T4400 (2.2GHz, 800MHz, 1MB L2 Cache) * 17.3" (1600x900) LCD Display * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M * 320GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive * 3GB DDR2 RAM * Wireless 802.11b/G + Draft-N WLAN * Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit * 6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (up to 3.5 hours)
$498.00 with free site-to-store shipping or $3.97 shipping. Features built in webcam, media reader, and 1 year limited warranty
kmsch
New Member
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 9:07a
Slightly different deal at Best Buy, for some people better deal than the Fry's deal. Slightly slower processor, double size hard drive, $50 cheaper.
HP - Laptop with Intel® Core™ i3 Processor - Biscotti Model: G62-144DX | SKU: 9769412 Our Price: $549.99
Processor Intel® Core™ i3 Processor Speed 2.13GHz Battery Type 6-cell lithium-ion Display Type LED high-definition widescreen with BrightView technology (1366 x 768) Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) 15.6" Cache Memory 3MB on die Level 3 System Memory (RAM) 4GB System Memory (RAM) Expandable To 8GB Type of Memory (RAM) DDR3 Hard Drive Type SATA (7200 rpm) Computer Hard Drive Size 500GB Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader Graphics Intel® HD Video Memory Up to 1696MB total available Built-in Webcam Yes Networking Built-in 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) Wireless Networking Wireless-B+G+N Bluetooth-Enabled No Audio Altec Lansing PCMCIA Slots None USB 2.0 Ports 3 IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports None Pointing Device Touchpad HDMI Output Yes Blu-ray Player No Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
drammo
Graceful Member
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 9:40a
I am comparing G62-144DX (@BB) and G62-147NR (@Frys). After tax & shipping 144DX is $30 cheaper and comes with more HD, but 147NR has i5 processor.
Speed is my top priority, but reviews on web suggest that base model of i5 is no better than i3. The turbo boost is not noticeable in most cases. I am intending to run some heavy GUI apps. Can someone comment on speeds of i5 430 vs i3 ???.
Updated Original Post as of 2:20PM 5/4. I verified prices, coupon codes, and added the "HP (G62-144DX) 15.6" Laptop w/ Core i3 (2.13GHz) $549.99 w/ Free Shipping at BestBuy.com" to the list.
viperlance
Crotch-tastic
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 2:46p
kmsch said: Slightly different deal at Best Buy, for some people better deal than the Fry's deal. Slightly slower processor, double size hard drive, $50 cheaper.
Graphics Intel® HD Video Memory Up to 1696MB total available
What does this mean? How good is this video card? Can this laptop be used to play high end video games?
kmsch
New Member
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 2:57p
I was directed here by someone to see a great comparison of processors:
Based on that site I think you're right that the difference between the i3-330M and i5-430M is not very big. I think the bigger HD and $50 is a better deal.
viperlance said: kmsch said: Slightly different deal at Best Buy, for some people better deal than the Fry's deal. Slightly slower processor, double size hard drive, $50 cheaper. Graphics Intel® HD Video Memory Up to 1696MB total available What does this mean? How good is this video card? Can this laptop be used to play high end video games?
This is Intel's latest integrated graphics (update of the GMA X4500-series). While significantly better then previous Intel integrated graphics, the new HD graphics is still not suitable for gaming and intensive 3D applications. Here are a couple good articles at Tomshardware and Notebookcheck.net with more info.
Glegg548846
New Member
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 3:56p
thank you.
Falcon27
Senior Member
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 4:48p
kirbydog said: Toshiba Satellite (T135-S1307) 13.3" Ultra-thin Laptop w/ Dual Core Pentium SU4100 (1.3GHz) $540.09 w/ Free Shipping at Amazon has no optical drive.
(WMart price $478) for; Toshiba Black 13.3" Satellite T135-S1305 Laptop PC with Intel Pentium SU4100 ULV Processor & Windows 7 Home Premium.
corbing
Member
posted: May. 4, 2010 @ 6:26p
The Acer AS5740-5780 looks nice, but it's not available online (in-store only). And, we don't have any stores around here. Amazon has the i5 version of that laptop with 500gb drive for $632.00 (AS5740-6025). But, I don't think the i5 and 250 GB are worth the extra $130.
Bandit2
Member
posted: May. 5, 2010 @ 12:06a
I definitely would not say Intel GMA HD is not suitable for gaming. It depends on the games. New 3D games? No. A few years old? Sure.
In Half-Life 2 or Counter Strike Source I get 90 FPS with GMA HD. It is much better than my two year old Dell with an nvidia 8400 dedicated card.
I used to hate seeing these roundups on laptops and desktops. My thoughts were they just group together other user's postings, and pretty soon others would do this for, well.... everything. I never said anything because others seemed to like it.
However, consider me a fan. I find myself checking these even though I'm not looking for either a laptop or desktop. You do a good job just summarizing. Keep up the good work.
viperlance
Crotch-tastic
posted: May. 5, 2010 @ 8:00a
Bandit2 said: I definitely would not say Intel GMA HD is not suitable for gaming. It depends on the games. New 3D games? No. A few years old? Sure.
In Half-Life 2 or Counter Strike Source I get 90 FPS with GMA HD. It is much better than my two year old Dell with an nvidia 8400 dedicated card.
Good enough to watch HD videos with no significant lag?
Hooraah
Member
posted: May. 5, 2010 @ 8:48a
Bandit2 said: I definitely would not say Intel GMA HD is not suitable for gaming. It depends on the games. New 3D games? No. A few years old? Sure.
In Half-Life 2 or Counter Strike Source I get 90 FPS with GMA HD. It is much better than my two year old Dell with an nvidia 8400 dedicated card.
Thanks for this. All of the review sites usually just say something like "got 15fps in crysis on medium" or "got a 3dmark06 score of...." While useful in comparing to current dedicated cards, posting wwhat actually works well is more important to me (especially since I am a zombie panic source addict and thats hte only game I would play on a notebook anyway )
java4yogi
New Member
posted: May. 5, 2010 @ 12:54p
Would love to know how does this one compares to the others.
java4yogi said: Would love to know how does this one compares to the others. Its going for 599 , no tax, shipping.. Heard ASUS and Tosh.iba are nice ones to go..Amazon ASUS Laptop Is this a good price..i think i need one before my current one fries
Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz, 800MHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
13.3" (1366 x 768) LCD Display w/ LED Backlight
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
8 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
It is very similar to the Toshiba Satellite (T135-S1307) w/ SU4100, but with the slightly better SU7300 CPU (1MB more L2 Cache, comes with 4GB instead of 3GB of RAM, and supports virtulization for XP mode in Win7). The Asus boasts up to 12 hours of battery life, as opposed to only 9 hours on the Toshiba.
As for the price, it looks pretty good to me; About $50 more then the SU4100 is consistent with pricing. For about the same price you could get a laptop with a core i5 CPU, but it would not have the extended battery life and portability of the UL30A.
osutx427 said: Can anyone comment on the $499 Acer at Office Depot if the Hard Drive rpm is 5400 or 7200?
I was having trouble finding that out myself. The manufacture page was no help, but this review from OfficeDepot claims that it is 7,200RPM. I'm not sure how accurate that is though.
java4yogi
New Member
posted: May. 7, 2010 @ 9:41a
I agree with your opinion completely, am going to look for a Core i5 cpu laptop now. the mobility is not so important for me along with battery life, so maybe better processor is worth waiting for.. any idea of can get a good deal on the Core i5 right now, my heart is going to buy a Toshiba/ASUS based on the ratings which these received for issues in laptop repairs. surprisingly when I need one, nothing shows up, lol.. the only problem is my forced budget of 600.. cannot spend more right now..or pay 30% interest to the bankers ):
Updated post as of 5:03PM 5/7. I verified prices, coupon codes, expired the "HP (G62-147NR) 15.6" Notebook w/ Core i5-430M (2.26GHz) $599.99 w/ Free In-Store Pickup at Frys.com" and added the "eMachines (eME725-4520) 15.6" Laptop w/ Pentium Dual Core T4400, HP Printer, 4GB Flash Drive & Laptop Carrying Case Bundle $398 + Shipping at WalMart".
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