I've been putting off buying a laptop hoping the retailers would have
some great deals. I think they have had a better than average X-mas
season and saw no reason to discount heavily. Perhaps there will be
some good after x-mas sales.

shareyourknowledge********.com wrote:
> I've been putting off buying a laptop hoping the retailers would have
> some great deals. I think they have had a better than average X-mas
> season and saw no reason to discount heavily. Perhaps there will be
> some good after x-mas sales.
>

What you say?!? Notebook computers have been seriously discounted based
on price/performance from even six months ago! Take a serious look at
the Core Duo, etc, and tell me that you could have bought the same
performance at the current prices as recently as six months ago! I
would not look for fire sale prices after the holidays since profit
margins are so thin today, IMO.

Q

There may be some deals around January 30th with the release of Vista.
But I wanted to buy before Vista came out to get XP and the Vista
upgrade. And I did get a good deal, but it wasn't easy. Got a Toshiba
A105-S4002 at Sam's Club for $637. Core Duo T2300, DVD burner, XP Pro
(not home or even Media Center).

shareyourknowledge********.com wrote:
> I've been putting off buying a laptop hoping the retailers would have
> some great deals. I think they have had a better than average X-mas
> season and saw no reason to discount heavily. Perhaps there will be
> some good after x-mas sales.
>

I wasn't looking for a laptop six months ago, so i don't know what the
prices were back then to compare to today. I've only been looking for
about the past month. I don't need one until February when the new
semester starts. Happy holidays!
Quaoar wrote:
> shareyourknowledge********.com wrote:
> > I've been putting off buying a laptop hoping the retailers would have
> > some great deals. I think they have had a better than average X-mas
> > season and saw no reason to discount heavily. Perhaps there will be
> > some good after x-mas sales.
> >
>
> What you say?!? Notebook computers have been seriously discounted based
> on price/performance from even six months ago! Take a serious look at
> the Core Duo, etc, and tell me that you could have bought the same
> performance at the current prices as recently as six months ago! I
> would not look for fire sale prices after the holidays since profit
> margins are so thin today, IMO.
>
> Q

In general, there were better deals from July to October than there have
been in November and December. There have been no truly great deals for
the holidays; there have been some "ok" deals, most common at retail
were various models of the Toshiba M115 with Core Duo CPU at $599. A
reasonable deal, but not spectacular. There have also been some "cheap"
laptops ($399 and $499), but they were very low-end in terms of CPU and
features.

shareyourknowledge********.com wrote:
> I wasn't looking for a laptop six months ago, so i don't know what the
> prices were back then to compare to today. I've only been looking for
> about the past month. I don't need one until February when the new
> semester starts. Happy holidays!
> Quaoar wrote:
>> shareyourknowledge********.com wrote:
>>> I've been putting off buying a laptop hoping the retailers would have
>>> some great deals. I think they have had a better than average X-mas
>>> season and saw no reason to discount heavily. Perhaps there will be
>>> some good after x-mas sales.
>>>
>> What you say?!? Notebook computers have been seriously discounted based
>> on price/performance from even six months ago! Take a serious look at
>> the Core Duo, etc, and tell me that you could have bought the same
>> performance at the current prices as recently as six months ago! I
>> would not look for fire sale prices after the holidays since profit
>> margins are so thin today, IMO.
>>
>> Q
>

HP just raised the 15.4" Pavillion $50 in the last few days
maybe they plan on lowering it for a xmas/new years sale

i now really regret missing the black Fri thanksgiving Best Buy sale!
[17" HP pavillion 2gb ram $899]

will be ordering the HP 15.4" or 17" in a week or 2

don't they have a 30 day price guarantee, if it falls?

waterboy

There are a few places that have an A105 4000-series model with a Core 2
Duo and more than 1GB of memory for $850 to $899.

OfficeMax: Toshiba A105-S4384 Satellite Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo T5500
1.66Ghz 1GB/160GB, 15.4, DVD Burner $849.99 shipped free

Circuit City has it also, but for more money and even that is after rebate.

Price guarantees don't apply to Black Friday specials.


waterboy@financier.com wrote:
> HP just raised the 15.4" Pavillion $50 in the last few days
> maybe they plan on lowering it for a xmas/new years sale
>
> i now really regret missing the black Fri thanksgiving Best Buy sale!
> [17" HP pavillion 2gb ram $899]
>
> will be ordering the HP 15.4" or 17" in a week or 2
>
> don't they have a 30 day price guarantee, if it falls?
>
> waterboy
>

waterboy@financier.com wrote:
> HP just raised the 15.4" Pavillion $50 in the last few days
> maybe they plan on lowering it for a xmas/new years sale

Lenovo is currently selling specific models of laptops for the same price
that employees pay. Plus they're offering free shipping and free cases with
most purchases.
--
James

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