Compaq Presario V5305WM Laptop - $398.00

[rondor]

Picked one up at the Walmart in Desoto, Tx at 12:15am. My ticket was #21 of 30. With my son's 10% discount (he works at another Walmart), the price was a nice $358.

 

[John]

I am in San Angelo, TX (less than 90K people) and we have two Wal-Mart Supercenters. One is about 1 mi. from my home, and they just built a brand new one 10 mi. away on the North side of town. I left the house around 11:45PM and was looking around at a few items in the store, then I saw a long line at the Layaway Dept. where a lady was handing out papers with a # on them. I got my number @ 12:05AM and it was #34 of 48. The line was moving slowly thanks to the people putting the darn thing on layaway, lmao. After 10 min. the lady that handed out the numbered papers said that if you were doing a non-layaway to go up to the front of the store so a normal CSR could check you out. I was out of the store @ 12:25

Now it's time to swap HDD's out and do a fresh load of XP Pro.

 

[imported_KuJaX]

I guess i'll have to wait until eBay gets saturated with these and soon to be black friday deals.

 

[Katana]

I picked one up for my mom, nice laptop for the price, it even comes with MCE. It seems pretty small and light, but compared to my Inspiron 1705 most do. There were 37 available and when I left there were still 8 left.

 

[FiddleDD]

Got mine, got to the walmart at 10:05pm was 23rd in line, they checked people out one at a time instead of handing out tickets...(retarded)...but what a hot deal!! Bright view 15.4" widescreen monitor...(different than in the advertisement)...I hate people in line playing mind games with you though...the asst mngr told me he had 40 but the guy in front of me kept saying they only had 15 of them, and he was around 15th person.

 

[John]

Here's the Win XP driver page for the V5305WM
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft...n&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3231960&lang=en

 

[ksherman]

Got mine this morning Now I gotta spend an hour cleaning much of the crap they put on it. then I gotta get me another 512MB of RAM...

 

[unclebud]

"Anyone know why in the world it would be $539 where I am at? I checked the local value ads or whatever on walmart.com for that store (and the other Utah stores) and sure enough, all said $539..."

they have always been like this. won't match other walmarts. they pulled this on tgf also, but cnet got wind of it and posted the price, so i remember reading some stores corrected the price and more people were able to get it

 

[Katana]

I think it has something to do with laws in certain states pertaining to selling something below cost. The closest Walmart to me is ~10 mi away in WI, I live in IL, and they were selling it for $538 while all the other Walmarts within 20 miles in IL were selling it for $389.

Already having a bit of buyers remorse after seeing that Core Duo laptop at BB for only $100 more, anyone know Walmart's return policy on laptops? I may have to bring it back if there is a Core Duo on BF for the same price or a little more.

 

[mikeg]

wbat Core Due Laptop at BB for 100 more?

 

[Katana]

Well it looks like there was a mistake in the ad and it is a Core Solo not Duo, there is a thread about it a few threads down from this one.

 

[jmax31]

I purchased one of these laptops in Tampa FL @ 12:04 am. I was 11 of 39. Not a huge turn out but I saw a few machines walk out of the place. QUESTION ABOUT RAM - I want to add a 1GB chip to my newly purchased Compaq notebook. Unfortunately, I cant seem to figure out what will work since I cant seem to find any info on this laptop. (From what I understand, this is a discontinued model) Can anyone give me any advice on where to look or what exactly to start looking for??? Thanx!

 

[Katana]

PC2700/PC3200 SO-DIMM


I just got done testing the battery, I played a dvd without anything else running and brightness at about half and it only lasted 1h37m.

 

[Katana]

dp

 

[John]

jmax31, welcome to AnandTech. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by: jmax31
QUESTION ABOUT RAM - I want to add a 1GB chip to my newly purchased Compaq notebook. Unfortunately, I cant seem to figure out what will work since I cant seem to find any info on this laptop. (From what I understand, this is a discontinued model) Can anyone give me any advice on where to look or what exactly to start looking for??? Thanx!

Odd because the specs and link to the HP/Compaq site are in the original post.

 

[mi1stormilst]

I am an idiot I saw this post yeaterday and looks like a missed it, every single store in Phoenix is sold out! Some of them had around 30 in stock. If anyone has one and want to sell it let me know.

 

[ourfpshero]

went to brea, ca walmart at 1pm and they still had a few left!
so i got mine. i also bought the 2yr warranty for 68.00 (it starts after the manufacturer warranty stops- so total 3yrs warranty!)

 

[ericsaccount]

So I was 14/18. Might give it to the gf or flip it on ebay. Anybody know how well it might do on ebay?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: ericsaccount
So I was 14/18. Might give it to the gf or flip it on ebay. Anybody know how well it might do on ebay?

Ebay is flooded with them so do a search.

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: ksherman
Hey y'all! I saw this on this years Black Friday Website and thought I would pass it along, as I have not seen it on here yet.

This is NOT a Black Friday Deal, but rather a sale that Walmart is having starting this up coming sunday November 5th- the 11th.


Deal Link

Official Specs

# 2.00 GHz Mobile AMD Sempron? Processor 3300+
# 512MB 333MHz DDR (upgradable to 2GB)
# ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M IGP (128MB)
# 60GB 5400RPM Hard-Drive
# 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
# 15.4? WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display
# Integrated 56k modem, 100mb Network Card and 54g 802.11b/g Wireless Connectivity
# 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (Not PCMCIA)
# 10.2"(L) x 14.1"(W) x 1.38"(min H) /1.77"(max H)
# 6.4 lbs



ENJOY! I'll prolly pick one up myself Pop the top, upgrade the RAM to 1GB and the CPU to a Turion MT-37 (2.0GHz).

This isn't a 32 Bit Sempron? Can a 32 bit CPU be upgrading to a 64 bit Turion without changing the motherboard?

 

[schwamy13]

a quick Ebay search of this shows 202 for sale on Ebay right now.

 

[Marinski]

Thats sick. And theres a bunch of turds that will pay like $600 for them.

 

[Chadder007]

Talked to a girl at the check out last night and she said they sold out within minutes at 12:00.

 

[schwamy13]

http://tampa.craigslist.org/sys/230655706.html

Here is a schmuck that's selling one for a 'steal' at only $590 with free delivery.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
I know squat about laptops. Would this lappy be good enough to play flight sims like IL-2 or Pacific Combat?

How about a FPS like the new release of AA?

Anybody know if the video is upgradable?

No.

Not upgradeable.

This 200M graphics chip soldered on the mobo is about the equivalent of a crippled X300SE. In other words, you get barely tolerable 3D performance. In anything new it'll be a slideshow except at minimum everything.