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philelmo
May 28th, 2006, 11:31 PM
About time I posted, sorry if repost/cold deal, but looks decent to me. 50 instock, who's the lucky one?

I'm aiming for a small light weight laptop, so this deal is not for me. Enjoy :)

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10070992&logon=&langid=EN

Product Features

* AMD Turion ML-32 Processor And 1.8GHz Processor Speed
* 15.4" WXGA High Defintion Brightview display with 1280 x 800 resolution.
* 80GB Hard Drive (4200 RPM)
* 1024MB 333MHz DDR memory for multitasking power, expandable up to 2GB.
* DVD +/- R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double Layer support.
* 54g 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 RJ45 LAN
* Weighs only 2.99 kg and measures just 2.4 cm thin for easy portability.
* I/O Port: 2 x Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0; 1 x Headphone-Out; 1 x Microphone-In; 1 x VGA (15-Pin); 1 x TV-Out (S-Video); 1 x RJ-11 (Modem); 1 x RJ-45 (LAN); 1 x Notebook Expansion Port 2; 1 x Consumer IR
* Included In Box: HP Pavilion DV5020CA Laptop, AC Adapter, Battery, HP Mobile Remote Control, Mobile Stereo Headphones, Manual

Please Note: This product only contains English operating instructions and system software.


Product Details

Web Code: 10070992
Mfr. Part Number: EP420UA#ABL
Processor Type AMD Turion 64 Mobile ML-32 With PowerNow
Screen Size 15.4"
RAM (Preloaded / Maximum) 1024MB 333MHz DDR (Exp. To 2GB)
Hard Drive 80GB 4200RPM
Optical Drives DVD+/- R/RW And CD-RW Combo Drive
Graphics ATI Radeon Xpress 200M IGP
Average Battery Life Info Not Available
Product Weight 2.99 kg
Audio Type Altec Lansing
Battery Type 6 Cell Lithium-Ion
Cache 512KB L2
Fax/Modem 56K V.90
I/O Ports See The Features Section
Included In Box See The Features Section
Network Card 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 RJ45 LAN
Other Software MS Works, MS Money, MS MSN Encarta
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard, 54 Slot
Pointing Device Touchpad
Preloaded Operating System Windows XP Home Edition With SP 2
Processor Speed 1.8GHz
Product Dimensions 35.8(W) x 3.5(H) x 2.4(D) cm
Removable Storage Info Not Available
Screen Type WXGA High-Def Brightview Widescreen
Speakers Altec Lansing
System Bus Up To 1800MHz
Warranty 1 Year Parts & Labour Limited


(Thanks to Siefer99)
VISA PERKS COUPON
20OFF250445255724276 "USE DIGITAL DOLLARS" during checkout
full details here

http://www.bestbuy.ca/marketing/visaperks/en/default.asp?logon=&langid=EN&CMP=LEC-Clicks_From_Visa_Perks
philelmo
May 28th, 2006, 11:39 PM
oh yeah, includes remote control, saw it in the pics, looks cool

ONLINE ONLY
philelmo
May 29th, 2006, 12:49 AM
spend a little more (1199.99) and you could get

AMD Turion 64 ML-37 Processor & 2.0GHz

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10073290#
EZboy
May 29th, 2006, 01:58 AM
PM with staples possible?
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=88%2C89%2C90,4664&webid=635394&affixedcode=WW

Then would be 899-20$(pm) -30$-30$=819$

What is the procedure for online pm?
philelmo
May 29th, 2006, 02:00 AM
staples OOS, maybe there are other opportunities..
philelmo
May 29th, 2006, 02:10 AM
are these PM opportunities??

http://search.ncix.com/displayproductdetail.php?sku=39881E&vpn=EP420UA#ABL&manufacture=HP%20-%20COMPAQ%20PRESARIO
think it's OOS

http://www.insight.ca/apps/productpresentation/index.php?product_id=HP39881E
http://www.bradsys.com/vendor_product.asp?pf_id=39881E&dtid=1
http://www.computers4you.ca/_e/PORTABLE_COMPUTERS_/vendor_product/39881E/dtid/1/DV5020CA_TURION_ML_321024MB_80GB_DVDRW_DL_REMOTE_X PHOME_EN_EOL.htm
http://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productID=20139881E

not too familiar with PM
polaris
May 29th, 2006, 02:13 AM
The staples PM price is good. Much better than the American price if you price it out on hp.com, I would call and ask in store if your local Staples would have one laying around somewhere.
Siefer999
May 29th, 2006, 02:25 AM
throw a visa perks coupon in there and get $20 off
philelmo
May 29th, 2006, 02:31 AM
throw a visa perks coupon in there and get $20 off
thanks!, posted coupon
S_G
May 29th, 2006, 06:08 AM
You can price match to $880.29 at Staples, use the $20 and $30 coupons to take it down to $830.29. But be warned, the $30 coupon expires today! So if you don't get it today, you'll have to use two $20 coupons instead.
that_staples_guy
May 29th, 2006, 07:58 AM
Sweet laptop ;)
jrober04
May 29th, 2006, 08:38 AM
This deal isn't very good, I bought this laptop and retured it 3 days later. First of all a 1.8 ghz turion is not very fast and the laptop as a whole is very slow. I had a p4-M 2.0 ghz with 512mb ram older laptop that was much faster and smoother running. But I will say this, the screen on the laptop is very good, and the speakers are probably one of the best I have ever heard on a laptop, so anyone thinking about buying this latop should keep that in mind.

Cheers,
fatbumbum
May 29th, 2006, 10:14 AM
yeh, i work at bestbuy myself, this laptop is not very reliable, we had a few returns on this. I sold 3 myself, and saw 2 coming back.
polaris
May 29th, 2006, 03:17 PM
This deal isn't very good, I bought this laptop and retured it 3 days later. First of all a 1.8 ghz turion is not very fast and the laptop as a whole is very slow. I had a p4-M 2.0 ghz with 512mb ram older laptop that was much faster and smoother running. But I will say this, the screen on the laptop is very good, and the speakers are probably one of the best I have ever heard on a laptop, so anyone thinking about buying this latop should keep that in mind.

Cheers,

....A 2ghz P4/512mb RAM faster and smoother than a 1.8ghz AMD64/1gb RAM?
Is it just me, or does anyone else see something very odd here.
FuNPoLiCe001
May 29th, 2006, 03:19 PM
....A 2ghz P4/512mb RAM faster and smoother than a 1.8ghz AMD64/1gb RAM?
Is it just me, or does anyone else see something very odd here.

yeah, something's definitely not right. Unless there's an upgraded 7200 rpm HD in the older laptop, which will definitely make it feel more snappy.
ichpen
May 29th, 2006, 03:21 PM
....A 2ghz P4/512mb RAM faster and smoother than a 1.8ghz AMD64/1gb RAM?
Is it just me, or does anyone else see something very odd here.

That's odd. Sure the P4-M chips are pretty quick but a Turion shouldn't underperform too much. Perhaps a bottleneck i.e. slow hard drive/memory is bogging the system down..

P.S. Waiting on the dual core Turions to come out shortly...
jrober04
May 29th, 2006, 03:21 PM
nope nothing upgraded, it was a toshiba a15, I think the drive was 4200 rpm. I was quite surprised how slow the laptop was. HP also puts a ton of junk on their laptops too. When I brought the laptop home, it took 10 mins to load windows for the 1st time.
ichpen
May 29th, 2006, 03:28 PM
nope nothing upgraded, it was a toshiba a15, I think the drive was 4200 rpm. I was quite surprised how slow the laptop was. HP also puts a ton of junk on their laptops too. When I brought the laptop home, it took 10 mins to load windows for the 1st time.

yep, 42k rpm drive would do it. Also, to all: Perform a clean install on any new pre-loaded laptop. All the crap/spyware that is on there doesn't help.
GYR8
May 29th, 2006, 03:29 PM
nope nothing upgraded, it was a toshiba a15, I think the drive was 4200 rpm. I was quite surprised how slow the laptop was. HP also puts a ton of junk on their laptops too. When I brought the laptop home, it took 10 mins to load windows for the 1st time.

If I am not mistaken, the reason is takes 10 minutes "The first time" is due to the software doing a (for lack of a better term) 'Final' unpacking / installation.

Having said that, there is definitely a LOT of extra crap on these machines that does indeed bog the system down. I am not sure if these models come with a stand-alone WinXP cd, but if they do, I would flush the system completely out and start of with the basics.

But for $900 or so, I would say this is a pretty good deal, as long as you don't expect miracles from them. That's what the dual-core models that cost twice as much as for :lol:

GYR8