HP Pavilion ze4610us Notebook 2500+, 256MB, 40GB, DVD/CDRW $699.97 AR w/penny shipping

[rasputinj]

This deal is pretty HOT, good enough to spin off it's own thread.

CompUSA has a HOT Deal on the HP Pavilion ze4610us Notebook loaded with

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ 1.87GHz Processor, 256MB DDR RAM, 40GB Hard Drive, 15-inch XGA TFT Display, DVD / CD-RW Combo Drive, Windows XP Home Edition
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Mfg Part #: DS518U#ABA
item# 309917

Price: $699.97 with shipping for 1 penny
after: $150.00 instant rebate(s)
$250.00 mail-in rebate(s)

 

[phonemonkey]

Might want to put "AR" in the title (I was really hoping that I'd luck out and get a lappy without rebates). Nice deal, though.

linky

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: rasputinj
This deal is pretty HOT, good enough to spin off it's own thread.

CompUSA has a HOT Deal on the HP Pavilion ze4610us Notebook loaded with

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ 1.87GHz Processor, 256MB DDR RAM, 40GB Hard Drive, 15-inch XGA TFT Display, DVD / CD-RW Combo Drive, Windows XP Home Edition
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Mfg Part #: DS518U#ABA
To get the deal click on the link above and search for item# 309917

Price: $699.97 with shipping for 1 penny
after: $150.00 instant rebate(s)
$250.00 mail-in rebate(s)

Title's a bit misleading because no mention of rebate(s). But definitely HOT.

 

[phonemonkey]

Weird question, but how do the XP-M's hold up to the P4-M's? I'd like to have something that I can expect some good battery life on (my Inspiron 1100 will get me about 2 hours of a DVD movie before dying on me).

 

[frankqfrank]

circuit city has the same deal, very good price

 

[unknown]

<FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2>Circuit City this week as the HP ze4610 laptop for $699 after rebates and BestBuy has a Toshiba S120 for $650 after rebates.

SPECS:

Toshiba S120
Celeron 2.66ghz
256 ram
40gig HD
dvd/cdrw
15" screen

HP ze4610
Athlon XP-M 2500+
256 ram
40gig HD
dvd/cdrw
15" screen

Any comments on which is the better model?
</FONT>

 

[Bryans]

Originally posted by: unknown
<FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2>Circuit City this week as the HP ze4610 laptop for $699 after rebates and BestBuy has a Toshiba S120 for $650 after rebates.

<STRONG>SPECS</STRONG>:

<STRONG><EM>Toshiba S120</EM>
</STRONG>Celeron 2.66ghz
256 ram
40gig HD
dvd/cdrw
15" screen

<EM><STRONG>HP ze4610
</STRONG></EM>Athlon XP-M 2500+
256 ram
40gig HD
dvd/cdrw
15" screen

Any comments on which is the better model?
</FONT>

The Athlon XP-M is a better processor but Toshiba tends to make better quality/ more reliable machines with sharper screens, so it really depends on what you are looking for.

 

[ravana]

Anyone try to install Fedora on one of these machines? Gave me one hell of a time.

 

[Spyboy]

FYI

Consumer Reports in the March 2004 issue tested laptops (and desktops). They also have technical support ratings and reliability ratings. The tech support and reliability ratings are based on a 4 year response from thousands of users.

HP had a tech support rating of below average, and Compaq had the worst rating, that being much worse than average.

For repair history, HP and Compaq also scored worse than average, and Compaq was the next to last.

IMHO Consumer reports ratings are the best available because they accept no advertising, (in fact they will take a company to court if the company uses CR's ratings in their advertising), and also because they have the largest sample size. Consumer Reports has about 4 million readers and they send out a comprehensive survey to every subscriber every year.

One last thing, Toshiba, and Dell laptops scored well.

Kind of makes me want to get the Inspiron 1100 with the free perks available.

Artie

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: Bryans

Originally posted by: unknown
<FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2>Circuit City this week as the HP ze4610 laptop for $699 after rebates and BestBuy has a Toshiba S120 for $650 after rebates.

<STRONG>SPECS</STRONG>:

<STRONG><EM>Toshiba S120</EM>
</STRONG>Celeron 2.66ghz
256 ram
40gig HD
dvd/cdrw
15" screen

<EM><STRONG>HP ze4610
</STRONG></EM>Athlon XP-M 2500+
256 ram
40gig HD
dvd/cdrw
15" screen

Any comments on which is the better model?
</FONT>

The Athlon XP-M is a better processor but Toshiba tends to make better quality/ more reliable machines with sharper screens, so it really depends on what you are looking for.

Meh, I would say low end toshibas are about on par with low end hp's. Now old school tecras are another matter...