lebronville said:How much is shipping?

atleast $50 i'd guess

airtommy said:puppyfriend said:Compare the base config with the other celery m $400 laptops and this is hot.
Yup.


that's right; you don't need the upgrades, unless you absolutely need a dvdrw portably or some such (and you don't unless you know you do), this is a very nice config for a $400 lappy, very nice

with tax and shipping you're looking at upwards of $475 i imagine, but still a good deal; ESPECIALLY with no rebates, and tax on only $400

killme2 said:I own two Compaq laptops. The motherboard on the first one broke. I spent $40 to see if it can be fixed, it couldn't. Spent $250 on a new motherboard and installed it myself. Laptop now works again.

There was an error in the manual, which resulted in me paying a professional to service my laptop. I contacted HP about it and sent proof and they reimbursed me for the cost. I was very happy.

They are expensive to fix so I get extended warranties and replace my laptops every 2 years with new models.

i had two v2000z's that both had screen problems, so yeah i know the feeling, watch your warranty

ultimatebargainman said:is vista home premium worth $50?

What's difference?

i don't think vista itself is worth it, but to each their own

Can we buy a free Canon AIO with this?

Well, that's not even the case when someone pick up my order - There were NO LAPTOPS available in any of the local stores and warehouses when the sale went on.

clearanceman said:lemond said:I am still bittered about not getting my President's day sale - They "somehow" let the order throught for local pick up but only find out there weren't any, and none within 50 miles

That's because they don't hold anything. If someone comes in to buy your pick up order before you pick it up, they will sell it. At least that has always been my experience.

sam19777 said:WHY NOBODY WANT TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS DEAL IS TRUE FIRST?????

Link to scan (from OP)

does anyone know how long will it take for them to ship the laptop?

Does anyone know what type of graphics card this has?

Also, can MacOSX be installed on this thing?

Gizzle said:My only question is, is this base compaq going to run extremely slow with 512mb of ram and vista? Is the upgrade to 1gb worth it if your buying it for a kid going off to college and dont have time, or live in the same state, to upgrade seperately?

Also is the upgrade to vista premium the way to go? And for my 3rd only question, is upgrading the processor really a big upgrade if all the kid is going to use it for is surfing the internet, using it for college, email, aim, watching videos, etc.

Thanks

Increasing RAM is the most direct route to performance improvement. The more the better.

But failing that, Vista offers an alternative some users have found helpful:

You might already own, or be able easily to borrow, a key drive. If so, try using Vista's ReadyBoost capability. ReadyBoost is a HDD caching feature which can improve thruput by mirroring HDD data on the key drive. YMMV with this approach, but it's worth a try.

Note ReadyBoost is a feature of Vista ONLY, all versions. But it is not available with other operating systems.