the walmart laptop

[Spikesoldier]

ill pass if its the k7 based sempron inside of it.

i might go fight the crowds if its the k8 one though, does anyone know?

 

[BriGy86]

i was told that most of the parts are cheaper than your regular bestbuy, compusa, or CC

why buy it at all?

 

[imported_goku]

too dumb to buy a used laptop instead?

 

[Spikesoldier]

i plan to buy this laptop for my neice, i think its a great laptop for going off to college this spring for her, and would make an excellent christmas gift.

no she wont be playing bf2 or anything, i think its a good student laptop that also carries a warranty.

i guess i cant get a straight answer without justifying why im getting it.

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
i plan to buy this laptop for my neice, i think its a great laptop for going off to college this spring for her, and would make an excellent christmas gift.

no she wont be playing bf2 or anything, i think its a good student laptop that also carries a warranty.

i guess i cant get a straight answer without justifying why im getting it.

just because she wont be playing BF2 doesn't mean that the parts wont fail because they are crap, also if walmart doesn't have a service plan, it will only be covered by manufacurer warrenty, which means possible shipping costs and going with out the unit for up to 2 months depending on what is wrong (again that is only harware issues) if the OS gets corrupted, can you make recovery disks? is there a recovery partition? or does it come with the sofware disks?

and im not trying to be mean, im just being blunt so there is no confusion

 

[FoBoT]

maybe it will work fine

 

[kyzen]

Walmart is taking a loss on these products. They sell these in hopes of drawing tons of people to their stores, who hopefully end up buying more stuff that Walmart does profit off of.

The build quality of the parts is not going to be crappy or anything (well, crappy beyond the normal HP/Compaq quality), but the parts themselves are not likely to be new. RAM will likely not be higher than PC2100. The hard drive will probably have a low RPM. The screen is going to be the lowest-resolution/contrast screen around. But that doesn't mean the thing is going to snap in half when you open it.

As much as Walmart wants to cut costs, HP/Compaq has a reputation to maintain (or regain).

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
i plan to buy this laptop for my neice, i think its a great laptop for going off to college this spring for her, and would make an excellent christmas gift.

no she wont be playing bf2 or anything, i think its a good student laptop that also carries a warranty.

i guess i cant get a straight answer without justifying why im getting it.

probably should work. hopefully it isn't loud.

then again beggers cant be choosers so its fine.

 

[DragonMasterAlex]

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
i plan to buy this laptop for my neice, i think its a great laptop for going off to college this spring for her, and would make an excellent christmas gift.

no she wont be playing bf2 or anything, i think its a good student laptop that also carries a warranty.

i guess i cant get a straight answer without justifying why im getting it.

just because she wont be playing BF2 doesn't mean that the parts wont fail because they are crap, also if walmart doesn't have a service plan, it will only be covered by manufacurer warrenty, which means possible shipping costs and going with out the unit for up to 2 months depending on what is wrong (again that is only harware issues) if the OS gets corrupted, can you make recovery disks? is there a recovery partition? or does it come with the sofware disks?

and im not trying to be mean, im just being blunt so there is no confusion

Isn't it a Toshiba or some such? I've gotta go to blackfridayads.com and check, dammit

Jason

 

[spanky]

dell small business sent out an email to me regarding an inspiron 2200 for $399, after a $100 mail in rebate. i thought this was a good deal because the 2200 comes with an 8-cell battery. also, when i went to screw around with the config, upgrade to 2 year warranty is free after $80 mail in rebate. if you do not mind rebates (dell and staples rebates are the only ones i do not mind), i think this dell would be much better then the walmart hp laptop.

edit - oh... and no need to camp for the dell laptop

edit - also, by default, the 2200 comes with a 14" xga screen. u can bump it to a 15" for $30... not bad.

edit - also... when i first went thru the config, i had to manually check off the free internal wireless nic.... just and heads up.

edit - FYI, this sale i am talkin about starts tomorrow. click here

 

[rudder]

wow thanks spanky, and I was gonna go wait in line.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: goku
too dumb to buy a used laptop instead?

 

[mrchan]

Originally posted by: spanky
dell small business sent out and email to me regarding an inspiron 2200 for $399, after a $100 mail in rebate. i thought this was a good deal because the 2200 comes with an 8-cell battery. also, when i went to screw around with the config, upgrade to 2 year warranty is free after $80 mail in rebate. if you do not mind rebates (dell and staples rebates are the only ones i do not mind), i think this dell would be much better then the walmart hp laptop.

oh... and no need to camp for the dell laptop

also, by default, the 2200 comes with a 14" xga screen. u can bump it to a 15" for $30... not bad.

I don't see a MIR for the 2200 at DELL SB..... There's a rebate section, but no rebates to pick from. Maybe they pulled it?

EDIT: Nevermind, I see it at Dell Home.

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: spanky
dell small business sent out and email to me regarding an inspiron 2200 for $399, after a $100 mail in rebate. i thought this was a good deal because the 2200 comes with an 8-cell battery. also, when i went to screw around with the config, upgrade to 2 year warranty is free after $80 mail in rebate. if you do not mind rebates (dell and staples rebates are the only ones i do not mind), i think this dell would be much better then the walmart hp laptop.

oh... and no need to camp for the dell laptop

also, by default, the 2200 comes with a 14" xga screen. u can bump it to a 15" for $30... not bad.

i'd do this one instead of walmart, but keep in mind you pay through the nose to have Dells fixed

 

[Raduque]

the walmart laptop is an HP 2300 series. It's a Sempron64, which should be a K8. If i remember the scanned ad right, it said 256mb ddr333 and a 60gb HD. Not sure what speed. I also think it said 15" screen.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: goku
too dumb to buy a used laptop instead?

no, buying used laptops is dumb indeed. its not easily repairable and laptops recieve far more wear in normal use than regular pc's.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: spanky
dell small business sent out and email to me regarding an inspiron 2200 for $399, after a $100 mail in rebate. i thought this was a good deal because the 2200 comes with an 8-cell battery. also, when i went to screw around with the config, upgrade to 2 year warranty is free after $80 mail in rebate. if you do not mind rebates (dell and staples rebates are the only ones i do not mind), i think this dell would be much better then the walmart hp laptop.

oh... and no need to camp for the dell laptop

also, by default, the 2200 comes with a 14" xga screen. u can bump it to a 15" for $30... not bad.

i'd do this one instead of walmart, but keep in mind you pay through the nose to have Dells fixed

how so? it's got a 2 year warranty (i could be wrong, but i think it said economy onsite), and there are parts galore all over ebay. i dont have much experience with hp laptops, so i can't really comment on those.


just checked... to be exact... the free (after rebate) warranty upgrade is:
"FREE Upgrade! 2 Year On-site Economy Plan after $79 Mail-in Rebate [add $79 or $2/month2]"

from the help link:
On-Site Economy Plan
-Limited Warranty3 covering most defects in materials and workmanship
-Basic phone technical support
-Online technical support
-Next-Business-Day On-Site Service2 if necessary following phone-based troubleshooting

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: spanky
dell small business sent out and email to me regarding an inspiron 2200 for $399, after a $100 mail in rebate. i thought this was a good deal because the 2200 comes with an 8-cell battery. also, when i went to screw around with the config, upgrade to 2 year warranty is free after $80 mail in rebate. if you do not mind rebates (dell and staples rebates are the only ones i do not mind), i think this dell would be much better then the walmart hp laptop.

oh... and no need to camp for the dell laptop

also, by default, the 2200 comes with a 14" xga screen. u can bump it to a 15" for $30... not bad.

I don't see a MIR for the 2200 at DELL SB..... There's a rebate section, but no rebates to pick from. Maybe they pulled it?

EDIT: Nevermind, I see it at Dell Home.

try this link (copied from my email)

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: spanky
dell small business sent out and email to me regarding an inspiron 2200 for $399, after a $100 mail in rebate. i thought this was a good deal because the 2200 comes with an 8-cell battery. also, when i went to screw around with the config, upgrade to 2 year warranty is free after $80 mail in rebate. if you do not mind rebates (dell and staples rebates are the only ones i do not mind), i think this dell would be much better then the walmart hp laptop.

oh... and no need to camp for the dell laptop

also, by default, the 2200 comes with a 14" xga screen. u can bump it to a 15" for $30... not bad.

i'd do this one instead of walmart, but keep in mind you pay through the nose to have Dells fixed

how so? it's got a 2 year warranty (i could be wrong, but i think it said economy onsite), and there are parts galore all over ebay. i dont have much experience with hp laptops, so i can't really comment on those.


just checked... to be exact... the free (after rebate) warranty upgrade is:
"FREE Upgrade! 2 Year On-site Economy Plan after $79 Mail-in Rebate [add $79 or $2/month2]"

from the help link:
On-Site Economy Plan
-Limited Warranty3 covering most defects in materials and workmanship
-Basic phone technical support
-Online technical support
-Next-Business-Day On-Site Service2 if necessary following phone-based troubleshooting

when i applied at the geeksquad a while back the manager there said that tehy get dells more than any other brand, which led him to believe their service is crap or their tech's know nothing (and that HAS to be bad if the geek squad is the next best)

and as far as customers needing new mother boards, dell charges around 200 last time i heard

but my parents have a dell that i have been taking care of and its ran flawlessly for the past 2 years

im just saying their parts are more expensive than other brands

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: rudder
wow thanks spanky, and I was gonna go wait in line.

Bah... do you all think the dell is really that much better than the wakmart hp? I ask because they are charging $39 shipping, probably in part because they throw in an unwanted printer. But I work about 20 minutes from where these things are built. Maybe they have will-call.