Good price for a notebook?

[Aximboy]

Hello! I'm not familiar with laptop prices, so I want to know if a $499.99 Compaq Notebook Computer with AMD Sempron 3300+, 512MB memory, 80GB HDD, DVD/CD-RW combo drive and a 14" widescreen display is a good price?

I found this on a BJ's Wholesale Club.

 

[Trey22]

What's the model number?

Not a bad deal, but probably has a slow hard drive, and a 4-cell battery which don't last very long.

What are your planned uses for this?

 

[AmigaMan]

Originally posted by: Aximboy
Hello! I'm not familiar with laptop prices, so I want to know if a $499.99 Compaq Notebook Computer with AMD Sempron 3300+, 512MB memory, 80GB HDD, DVD/CD-RW combo drive and a 14" widescreen display is a good price?

I found this on a BJ's Wholesale Club.

that's probably a bit less than what you'd pay normally. I bought one almost exactly like it except it was an Acer, had 256MB RAM, a 40GB 4200 RPM drive and cost $600. THis was back around January this year (late Christmas gift for my father-in-law). I hated it. It's slow due to the 4200RPM drive (if you get a 5400 you'll thank yourself), and the build quality of the Acer is definitely nothing to write home about. The battery lasted only 1 hour too. It needed a faster HD, 256MB more RAM and it would be acceptable. Actually your deal sounds pretty good, especially if you can verify the speed of the HD and how long the battery will last you.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

$399

Have to add wireless and another 256MB of ram. Worth looking at, pretty cheep

 

[AmigaMan]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
$399

Have to add wireless and another 256MB of ram. Worth looking at, pretty cheep

That's a great price! The HD speed and lack of RAM really kills the speed though. Wireless is only $25 extra and I'm sure you can find some used memory for another $25 to pull it up to 512MB. For $450 after rebate, it's a decent around the home web surfing machine.

 

[pioneercrazed]

Don't forget about the $50 shipping!