sub$500 notebooks o' the week

[allisolm]

Circuit City
Acer $399.99 AR plus FAR router, printer, internet security software
AS3618AWLCI
Intel® Pentium® M 735A
?15.4" WXGA display
?512MB of DDR memory
?60GB hard drive
?CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
?Enhanced 802.11g wireless
minimum 10 per store

$649.99 less $100 instant savings less $150 MIR = $399.99

the other stuff:
wireless-G router, all-in-one printer & Internet Security Suite software free with purchase of any notebook thru Aug 12 After combined $195 in mail-in rebates* and $25 instant savings. A $220 value. Router is D-link DI524 ($59.99). Software is Computer Associates 757943311532 ($49.99). Printer is Lexmark X3470 ($109.99). Excludes HP and Compaq. *Limitations per household may apply.

Best Buy
Gateway $479.99 no rebates also save $40 on any wireless router when purchased at the same time as a notebook
Gateway model MX6422.
512mb
80GB
DVD±RW/CD-RW
15.4" ultrabright widescreen
integrated wireless
Mobile AMD Sempron? processor 3100+*
minimum 6 per store

also at Best Buy - sold out for delivery but available at some stores, says available at Tallahassee.
Gateway MX3230 $399.99 no rebates . See this thread for more info: Gateway laptop $400 no rebate @ bestbuy
256mb, 40gb, wireless, 14" screen, 1.6mhz, dvd player/cd burner combo

Office Depot
Toshiba Satellite M105-S1021 $499.99 AR
SKU 181-452

14.1"-diagonal widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) TruBrite LCD screen
Intel Celeron M processor 410 operating at 1.46GHz
512MB of PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM, upgradable to 2.0GB
80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive
DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
PC Card slot: supports 1 PC Card Type II, PCMCIA R2.01, PC Card16, CardBus
Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN

$649.99 less $150 OD MIR = $499.99


CompUSA
Aspire AS5003 $499.99 after $180 erebate
SKU 340179
15.4" crystalbrite widescreen
DVD±RW/CD-RW
512mb
60GB
Windows Vista capable
integrated wireless
3hr battery life

$679.99 less $180 CompUSA erebate = $499.99

If you know others, please post.

 

[osage]

:thumbsup: nice to have em all in one spot.

thanks

 

[Tangman]

The Bestbuy Gateway model MX6422 seems like a pretty hot deal...any one have experiences with that machine?

 

[unclebud]

the one i was referring to was

 

[Kavikgold]

Originally posted by: unclebud
yes
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1902373&enterthread=y

Uh, these two laptops are not the same.

 

[unclebud]

"also at Best Buy - sold out for delivery but available at some stores, says available at Tallahassee.
Gateway MX3230 $399.99 no rebates . See this thread for more info: Gateway laptop $400 no rebate @ bestbuy
256mb, 40gb, wireless, 14" screen, 1.6mhz, dvd player/cd burner combo"

 

[allisolm]

What on earth are you two (unclebud and Kavikgold) talking about? Care to clue the rest of us in?

 

[xoduzz786]

would any of these run world of warcraft at least somewat decently?

 

[Kavikgold]

Originally posted by: allisolm
What on earth are you two (unclebud and Kavikgold) talking about? Care to clue the rest of us in?

Well, I can explain:

Originally posted by: Tangman
The Bestbuy Gateway model MX6422 seems like a pretty hot deal...any one have experiences with that machine?

which was responded with:

Q]Originally posted by: unclebud
yes
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1902373&enterthread=y[/quote]

(and then unclebud edited the previous message to: "the one i was referring to was")

And i was saying that his post in response to Tangman was not helpful, because they are not the same laptop.

Clear?

 

[allisolm]

Got it! Thanks.

 

[Trey22]

I jumped on the CC Acer AS3618AWLCI deal... went and picked on up on Saturday... now have to go back and R/R (return/rebuy) to get the instant savings and get the rebate. Wanted to make sure I got one and not end up out in the cold like I always do. Usually get to the store and am the 11th person in line when they only have 10 units!