Costco - 12.1" acer notebook, 1.66ghz, 160GB, 2GB ram, $799

[mxz600]

wondering if this is a good price for a portable 12" notebook with full feater computer specs.

model is Acer Aspire 2920-6789

processor is a T5450. Just wondering if anybody knows of a better deal or cheaper comparison for me to consider. thanks.

[brule]

wrong forum. shopping discussion perhaps?

[TeriyakiJack]

You just missed out on the Dell Vostro 1310 deal that would have netted you a better chassis, with options for better videocard etc etc for cheaper.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=593970

Might want to keep an eye out on that thread since that deal has re-incarnated once in the past already.

[mxz600]

my thoughts exactly, I would never pay $499 for a single core celeron, two cores at 1.6 beats a 1.8 or 2.0 celeron anyday.

[mxz600]

There hasn't been alot of interest in my thread on ultra portable notebooks, but I am taking up the cause myself to find deals on these sub 14" computers. I see dell has the 1310 (13") vostro on now for $650. To me a better deal than the past deal for 450 with celeron single core, 1gb ram.

specs are...
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5670 (1.8GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition edit
LCD DISPLAY 13.3 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA LCD Display w/TrueLife™ edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Integrated Webcam or Mcrophone edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM edit
HARD DRIVE 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+/-R write capability, Data Only edit
GRAPHICS CARD IntelJ Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 edit
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0

Considering I paid 799 for the 12" mentioned in the first post, this is a better deal in my opinion, and its XP so speeds should be much faster. But to the defense of the acer notebook, costco do have free 2 year warrenty and 90 day return policy.... hehe. I will keep searching....

[Vinman]

Why is there always some bloody bugger that will refer to some Dell deal while this is a 12" and T5450 ?

The 12" is valid, but the Dell 1310 actually had a better C2D T5670 for $50 or a T5870 for $100 options.

[mxz600]

just got off the phone with dell rep, couldn't get anybetter price on the 1310, he also informed me it came with a 4 cell battery, which in his opinion is usless, he suggested to upgrade to the 6 cell for another 50 dollars, so if this is the case, the deal is not so good at $699

The 12" tablet from HP is at 999$ with amd x2 2.2ghz.... with touch screen, but its 200 more than my 12" acer and is it really justified?

[superfigz]

just got off the phone with dell rep, couldn't get anybetter price on the 1310, he also informed me it came with a 4 cell battery, which in his opinion is usless, he suggested to upgrade to the 6 cell for another 50 dollars, so if this is the case, the deal is not so good at $699

The 12" tablet from HP is at 999$ with amd x2 2.2ghz.... with touch screen, but its 200 more than my 12" acer and is it really justified?

For a student, tablet functionality is amazing. I've used one note quite a bit and its really great how you can type notes and then switch to the stylus and write math functions, diagrams, charts etc. I haven't used any HP tablets but the IBM x60 tablet ive been playing around with is great

[mxz600]

from the tablet sold on Dell's site, the HP ones at Staples and FS are a steal at 999.99$

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_xt?c=ca&l=en&s=bsd&cs=cabsdt1

http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=737019&affixedcode=WW

[mxz600]

I got this quote from BB's website for its tablet 12"er

Optimize your mobility with a 12.1" display that has the same viewable area as a 15.4" screen in an ultra-portable notebook that weighs up to 2 lbs less.

what does that mean?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10100074&catid=20356#

[Vinman]

It means it's a high-resolution 1280x800 12" display, which is the same default resolution as a basic 15" laptop.

[mxz600]

if it said that it would be self explanitory but it says "viewable area" not viewable resolution.

[robieG]

if it said that it would be self explanitory but it says "viewable area" not viewable resolution.

the higher resolution means a larger viewable area on the desktop

[mxz600]

IC, thanks.

[ACC-Major]

i can't locate this laptop on costco website. show me a link?

[Deal]

i can't locate this laptop on costco website. show me a link?

Could be in store only. Here's the shot from Feb:

http://i28.tinypic.com/2m27vr5.jpg




The 15" was on sale at same price:

http://i32.tinypic.com/n3vsqx.jpg

[mxz600]

hey thanks, I wonder if the 12" will go on sale from time to time, I can get a refund if I am there when its onsale and i have my receipt.