Deal of the Day - 9/9/08

Hello All,

A twofer today. Two laptop deals depending on your preferences and what you are willing to pay.

1. Sellout.woot is selling a refurbished 17" HP laptop for $704.99 shipped to your house. This machine has a T7100 Core 2 Duo processor, a screaming video card, is very upgradeable, and, wait for it, has XP installed on it :-). HP is selling the same machines refurbished themselves for only $900. Three other nice features include, it supports 4Gb of ram, it has a HDMI output to hook up to a HDTV, and it has a higher native resolution, i.e. a better screen, than most laptops. It comes with only 1GB of ram, but that is cheap and easy to upgrade, and with XP you do not really need to upgrade. You can find this bad boy here. PC World reviewed the line and liked them, you can fine the review here. Since it is Woot, it is one day or until they sell out, so move fast if you want one.
   
   
2. Office Depot has a Gateway 15" Laptop for $580 after rebate. This is a brand new T5750 Core 2 Duo laptop with 3Gb of ram. It has Vista on it but aside from that the specs are solid. You can find this machine here. The rebate expires on September 13th, so you have a bit more time with this machine, assuming they do not sell out.

I like deal number one better myself, as it has a better screen, and a ridiculous video card. I also like XP better than Vista. Deal two is better for true portability.

Later,

John