Help! The laptop I just bought doesn't exist!?

[NerdMan]

Hrrm... I just bought this laptop at Sam's Club...

http://www.samsclub.com

It's a Hewlett-Packard XT345. The problem is, HP doesn't have a model xt345 on their website.

It has:
p4 2.0ghz non-mobile
256 mb ddr ram, 30 gb HD
DVD/CDRW, Floppy drive
15" LCD screen
system device reports "Mobility M6" as graphics, I guess that means Radeon. It has TV OUT. The manual says Radeon.
NIC, Modem, USB, ect..

Kicker is, it was a display model. Very good condition, little scratch on the side.

The real kicker is I got it for $1200 bux even. I threw on the $140 3 year extra warranty sams has for a $1400 total. Mm... now it's warranted for 4 years.

Anyways, can anyone help me?

 

[bmacd]

what exactly are you looking for? Product specs?

-=bmacd=-

edit: unanimous search engine answer: Sorry no results were found matching: Hewlett-Packard XT345.

 

[olds]

Why would anyone buy Hewlett-Packard?

 

[NerdMan]

Anything at all. Mostly I was wondering if the graphics card is actually a Radeon or not. All it reports is Mobility M6.
Also I was trying to figure out what speed DVD/CDRW it was.

Kickass deal, I'm happy, I'm just trying to figure out what it is.

I'm calling HP right now.

 

[NerdMan]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Why would anyone buy Hewlett-Packard?

Man... look at the deal I got. You'll never get anything like that from Dell.

It's a 15" LCD too...

 

[Danman]

Hmmm.......I'd call up HP and see if they do have it. Maybe they discontinued it already?!

 

[olds]

Run this on it.

 

[NerdMan]

Thanks.

I was mostly trying to see if I qualify for the $100 rebate @ hpshopping.com

Trying to extend my deal further.

 

[NerdMan]

Okay, Sam's club has the complete specs on their website, but I am still unable to find anything at HP.com

Microprocessor: Intel® Pentium®4 processor @2.0GHz
Front-Side Bus: 400MHz
Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM at 266MHz (2x128MB) Max memory 1024MB (2x512MB)
Hard Drive: 30GB ATA 100 (Gigabyte (GB) is defined as 10,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary)
Multimedia Drive: DVD+CD-RW combo drive (24x8x8x8x)
Video Graphics: ATI MOBILITY® RADEON? (M6P AGP-4X 3D Graphics)
Sound: 16-bit Soundblaster Pro Compatible with dual built-in stereo speakers
Network Card: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Fax/Modem: Integrated 56Kbps (v.90/v92) modem
Wireless Connectivity: Optional 802.11b card available
Keyboard: 87 key, full size, spill resistant keyboard
Controls: 4 User programmable buttons; Power/suspend
Pointing Device: Touch pad on palm rest with On/Off button and Up/Down easy scroll pad
PC Card Slots: 2 type II PCMCIA card slots
Total External Notebook Parts: 2 USB, Parallel, RJ-45, Port Rep, RJ-11 modem port, microphone, headphone, Lock, S-TV out, connector, VGA, IEEE1394
Display: 15.0" XGA-TFT (1024x768)
Video Memory: 32MB DDR RAM dedicated
Power: Universal AC adapter, built-in 8-Cell Lithium Ion battery. Low battery warning.
Processor Cache: 512K (L2) on die
Security: Systems diagnostics by HP-Kensington lock slot, user and system passwords
Diskette Drive: 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy disk drive
Dimensions: 12.96" x 10.72" x 1.79" (Thickness may vary at different points on the system)
Weight: 7.5lbs. (Weight may vary due to vendor component changes and manufacturing process.)

 

[NerdMan]

Someone suggested that it's a store-only special model. Makes sense?

They said to match it with the closest model possible and that's the one.

 

[RossMAN]

HP does make CostCo/Sam's Club specific models so that may be true. For instance when I was researching a multifunctional all-in-one printer, all other stores had the HP v40 where as CostCo/Sams sold the HP v40i or something like that, the extra charracter denotes it's a CostCo/Sam's Club model.

I would check out CostCo they have a decked out Compaq Presario 2801CL laptop (P4 1.4/384MB/30GB/15" XGA/Radeon 7500) for $1499 @ CostCo.com starting 8/12

 

[NerdMan]

Bah, you're just jealous because I have a laptop and you don't

Besides, this laptop is better than the Compaq one... 4 years of warranty for less than the compaq.

Also we don't have a Costco up here in WI :-(

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: NerdMan
Bah, you're just jealous because I have a laptop and you don't

Besides, this laptop is better than the Compaq one... 4 years of warranty for less than the compaq.

Trust me I'm not I'd buy a Dell, IBM, Compaq or even Gateway before buying an HP (although they do make good laptops).

 

[NerdMan]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: NerdMan
Bah, you're just jealous because I have a laptop and you don't

Besides, this laptop is better than the Compaq one... 4 years of warranty for less than the compaq.

Trust me I'm not I'd buy a Dell, IBM, Compaq or even Gateway before buying an HP (although they do make good laptops).

Oooo... harsh. A gateway?

Trust me, I went into the store set on never buying a HP. That is until I saw the price and saw that not all HP's come bundled with shitty graphics cards.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: NerdMan

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: NerdMan
Bah, you're just jealous because I have a laptop and you don't

Besides, this laptop is better than the Compaq one... 4 years of warranty for less than the compaq.

Trust me I'm not I'd buy a Dell, IBM, Compaq or even Gateway before buying an HP (although they do make good laptops).

Oooo... harsh. A gateway?

Trust me, I went into the store set on never buying a HP. That is until I saw the price and saw that not all HP's come bundled with shitty graphics cards.

Ok maybe not a Gateway but the new ones do look sweet. It also depends on reliability, performance and of course price.

Very few laptops can top the Dell Inspiron or IBM ThinkPad series.

 

[NerdMan]

The HPs are funny how they have like 10 blue LEDs on them that light up. It's like the entire laptop glows. Hey, built-in lighting Added feature.

I was intent on buying the Fujitsu C2010 @ BB before I saw this in the clearance section. The guy would've given me the display model for $1250 flat (don't have to send in pesky rebates) and then 10% off for taking the display model. Of course it didn't come with a warranty (no box) so I'd have to pay $219 for the BBuy 3 year warranty.

He only held it until the store closed so it's free raiding tomorrow.

This is almost as good of a deal as the KDS P3 1G & CDRW/DVD that I saw in the clearance section 1 year ago. Price: $700.

This HP was the display model, but they gave me the box for it, so I have the warranty. I'm gonna try taking off the UPC so I can cash in on the $100 rebate. Tryin to extend my deal to $1100.

 

[RossMAN]

I love Fujitsu's laptop designs but I think of them as a Mitsubishi sort of laptop ... they're mainstream, good, reliable but not quite a refined Maxima, Accord or Camry just yet.

 

[GizmoFreak]

Originally posted by: RossMAN


Very few laptops can top the Dell Inspiron or IBM ThinkPad series.

Personally, I'm impressed by another HP model. The Omnibook 6100. A bit older (P3 1.13ghz) but well designed.

 

[NerdMan]

The only thing I don't like is that it has a 2.0ghz non-mobile P4. So the battery only lasts 2 hrs at full charge.

But, I bought it at nearly half as much as an equiv dell system (including warranty), so I'm not complainin.