Name: Anonymous 2005-12-26 20:13
I have a nice desktop system at home, but lately I haven't been able to take advantage of it. So I decided to take advantage of the after Christmas sales to get a laptop. Because I live in Alaska the shipping charges for online auctions are too much for me to handle, so please don't suggest them.
At my local CompUSA I bought a V2000 Compaq Presario for $500 (728 MSRP). The AOL deal would have made it $375 initially but would make me pay $60 more than I would save by the end.
The one I bought has:
AMD Sempron 2800+
256MB RAM
40GB HD
CD/RW + DVD ROM
The reason this V2000 is on sale is that there is a newer version that has 802.11g standard. Using Compaq's customizer, even with the most barebones components (Sempron 3000+ being the only difference), their price is at least $728 after rebates and that's without the extras included in my current setup that would boost that price to close to a thousand.
So I know I have a great deal compared to the manufacturer's site except for the missing wireless capability (solved with a $10 adapter on sale).
I checked auctions with free shipping, but the closest priced laptops were ancient 500mhz pentium IBM thinkpads or a suspicious offer such as:
"Toshiba Satellite P4 3.2 Ghz new in box w/ free shipping and an instant purchase price of $450!"
...from an unrated seller created a few days ago.
So do I have a keeper with my V2000 Presario, or should I return it?
At my local CompUSA I bought a V2000 Compaq Presario for $500 (728 MSRP). The AOL deal would have made it $375 initially but would make me pay $60 more than I would save by the end.
The one I bought has:
AMD Sempron 2800+
256MB RAM
40GB HD
CD/RW + DVD ROM
The reason this V2000 is on sale is that there is a newer version that has 802.11g standard. Using Compaq's customizer, even with the most barebones components (Sempron 3000+ being the only difference), their price is at least $728 after rebates and that's without the extras included in my current setup that would boost that price to close to a thousand.
So I know I have a great deal compared to the manufacturer's site except for the missing wireless capability (solved with a $10 adapter on sale).
I checked auctions with free shipping, but the closest priced laptops were ancient 500mhz pentium IBM thinkpads or a suspicious offer such as:
"Toshiba Satellite P4 3.2 Ghz new in box w/ free shipping and an instant purchase price of $450!"
...from an unrated seller created a few days ago.
So do I have a keeper with my V2000 Presario, or should I return it?