uum... personally I feel as if getting them on boxing day from retail stores actually give you pretty good prices... I'm not a big ebay fan, and also, I don't think the Xmas shopping discount really pulls the prices down too much on internet shoppings...
I've been waitin to get a laptop myself. Personally, as of now Im jus waiting for the santa rosa platform for the core2duo before i get it... which is... prolly nex march...
but if ur not lookin to replace ur desktop computer with a laptop lik i am... i guess boxing day is a good time to get it... or if u dont want to join the rush... get it lik 5 days before boxing day, if there's a price drop go bak in on the 27th for a price match... MUWAHAHAHAH
And the nice thing about buying a laptop in a store is you get the warranty as well as someone to go to if it doesn't work. I use Ebay a lot but I'm always nervous about making large purchases on there as there are plenty of scammers.
its a compaq 1.8 ghz Sempron, 12" widescreen, ati radeon express graphics, harmon kardon speakers ...The ram is a little low with only 256 but thats an easy upgrade so I took the hit...especially since it works awesome for taking notes in class and going on msn.
I got mine in March for $1399 at Futureshop. I don't usually purchase computers at large retail chains, but they generally have decent prices on laptops, plus the warranty factor.
About purchasing on Boxing Day, I don't think electronics (at least higher priced electronics) go on sale during Boxing Day very often. You're probably better off buying now, 'cause I don't think the prices will change too dramatically after Christmas. Plus, if you're just looking for something to surf the net on and type out Word documents, you shouldn't have to spend more than 700-900 after taxes for a computer that'll last you a few years.
i just picked mine up a few days ago for $1100 on sale. id say the standard now in laptops is at the very least core duo's/amd turions(core 2 duo's is just overkill unless your running game apps or doing programming). for basic surfing the internet, semprons, m's, and celerons are perfectly fine and cheaper too.
Yeah. I have an Athlon XP-M 2800+ laptop (basically a renamed Socket 754 Sempron) with a 32 meg GF4 420 Go, and it's perfectly adequate for all the stuff I want to do with a laptop (It's actually overkill, a Celeron anything would have been fine :tongue: ), which is write papers, e-mail back and forth, watch the occasional DVD and such.
I play Freelancer on the laptop occasionally, too. :tongue:
I got mine with the intents of playing games on it, which I have somewhat, but with time constraints because of school and whatnot, it's just being used for chatting, writing papers, and por....errr....... educational movies.
I got an Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+, 1GB RAM, and an ATI Mobility Radeon X600 w/ 128MB.
you can definitely find a good laptop for under a grand... i like buying computers from actual stores like staples and futureshop becuase they actually back it up with a warranty and usually have decent prices... actually lately ive been finding some good deals on the web you just gotta look around a little. jer's right about the core duo being the standard right now, but only a power user can take advantage of it fully... for school, check out this gateway 15" from futureshop.ca it has an 80 gb harddrive and 512 mb ram which is more than enough for all school related stuff AND then some.
Intel: Celeron, Pentium 4, Pentium M, Centrino, Centrino Dual Mobile.
And I am assuming that any AMD x2 is the equivalent to a Duo Core? Sorry I know nothing about laptops
In the AMD line, the CPUs roughly rank as follows:
Sempron, Turion / Athlon64, Turion x2 / Athlon x2 (If you can, get the A64 X2, but laptops probably won't have them. They put out a fair amount of heat.)
In the Intel line, the CPUs roughly rank as follows:
Celeron, Pentium M / Centrino, Pentium 4, Centrino Duo Mobile, or various names thereof (Core 2 Duo, etc).
In essence an A64 X2 would be AMD's answer to a Pentium D or Core 2 Duo processor, while a Turion X2 would be AMD's answer to Intel's laptop equivalents (Centrino Duo Mobile. etc).
and if u r a student and will travel some with the notebook, just be sure not to get a heavy laptop, ur back will thank you for it.. under 5lb would b ideal
You're right, the Pentium M does tend to outperform the P4. Shame they only made it for laptops. The interesting thing is that the Pentium M is essentially built on the P3 Tualatin core, which shows the power of that platform over the P4 Northwood etc. :tongue:
(It's not often recalled now, but the highest-speed P3 Tualatins, like 1.4 Ghz, could actually outperform some P4s up to about 1.7 GHz :tongue: )
As for weight of laptops... tell me about it. This Compaq Presario R3215CA I have doesn't LOOK that heavy, but you carry it around for a while and... ugh!
centrino isnt actually a processor, its just fancy lingo intel drummed up to called their chipset+ wireless networking interface all in one thing
and pentium m is > pentium 4
props on that i didnt know that b4... as for the pentium M, sempron and other laptop specific processors, they are designed to reduce battery consumption and give off less heat. Therefore, they are not as powerful as pure processors such as the P4 in my opinion...you can't fit as big of a fan into a laptop obviously so there has to be some tradeoffs
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but if ur not lookin to replace ur desktop computer with a laptop lik i am... i guess boxing day is a good time to get it... or if u dont want to join the rush... get it lik 5 days before boxing day, if there's a price drop go bak in on the 27th for a price match... MUWAHAHAHAH
And the nice thing about buying a laptop in a store is you get the warranty as well as someone to go to if it doesn't work. I use Ebay a lot but I'm always nervous about making large purchases on there as there are plenty of scammers.
About purchasing on Boxing Day, I don't think electronics (at least higher priced electronics) go on sale during Boxing Day very often. You're probably better off buying now, 'cause I don't think the prices will change too dramatically after Christmas. Plus, if you're just looking for something to surf the net on and type out Word documents, you shouldn't have to spend more than 700-900 after taxes for a computer that'll last you a few years.
I play Freelancer on the laptop occasionally, too. :tongue:
I got an Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+, 1GB RAM, and an ATI Mobility Radeon X600 w/ 128MB.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B2B9AD68C2316B6FA17EB821A042077049BD1FFDAF21FB8ECD7F536BE9AE8437199B05F0FA82421EF2B53BFA7E4AF88DC10F28AE35FAC7CD7D650A5595818E0497C7E54536558B6FBEFD0F00E8A26C4C0CAD1B7C4B4E77735DE2A5803EDC5E069F10FE7AFB100DCF62E2B808B2C9254868&sku_id=0665000FS10081082&catid=
AMD: Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64 x2, Turion 64, Turion 64 x2.
Intel: Celeron, Pentium 4, Pentium M, Centrino, Centrino Dual Mobile.
And I am assuming that any AMD x2 is the equivalent to a Duo Core? Sorry I know nothing about laptops
Sempron, Turion / Athlon64, Turion x2 / Athlon x2 (If you can, get the A64 X2, but laptops probably won't have them. They put out a fair amount of heat.)
In the Intel line, the CPUs roughly rank as follows:
Celeron, Pentium M / Centrino, Pentium 4, Centrino Duo Mobile, or various names thereof (Core 2 Duo, etc).
In essence an A64 X2 would be AMD's answer to a Pentium D or Core 2 Duo processor, while a Turion X2 would be AMD's answer to Intel's laptop equivalents (Centrino Duo Mobile. etc).
YMMV, and my errors are my own. :smile:
and pentium m is > pentium 4
(It's not often recalled now, but the highest-speed P3 Tualatins, like 1.4 Ghz, could actually outperform some P4s up to about 1.7 GHz :tongue: )
As for weight of laptops... tell me about it. This Compaq Presario R3215CA I have doesn't LOOK that heavy, but you carry it around for a while and... ugh!