1.6 Centrino, 40GB, DVD/CD-RW, 512MB DDR, for $960?!

[iamtrout]

Does this make sense?!

Asus M2N

z-buy is pretty high on reseller ratings (9.12).

 

[pxc]

Looks about right. They cheaped out on the video (Intel Extreme Graphics 2 in i855GB), screen (14.1" 1024x768) and hard drive (4200RPM). It looks like a low cost design applied to the Centrino. It's probably pretty fast (the CPU at least), but not suited for some of the other tasks more expensive Centrinos are like gaming.

I wouldn't buy it because of the video and screen, but it's a good price for a speedy and long battery life laptop.

 

[ThetaOne]

NOT HOT (sorry)

E-Cost for $738.20

 

[SinSystems]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
NOT HOT (sorry)

E-Cost for $738.20

there isnt any details there, what comes with it, hd wtf?

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
NOT HOT (sorry)

E-Cost for $738.20

Don't be so hasty: M2 specs
Click specification and the "M2N" can have anything from a 1.3GHz Centrino to a 1.6GHz Centrino. The z-buy one is 1.6GHz version, but the cheaper eCost version doesn't have any details. It could be a Centrino 1.3GHz.

 

[iamtrout]

Yeah.... the ecost one scares me... could just be bare-bones. But the M2N @ z-buys should be ok for, say, an 18-year-old computer illiterate college girl who plays minesweeper and wants to spend as little money as possible on a good notebook?

 

[ThetaOne]

That eCost link is appointed exactly the same as the laptop reviewed @ Tom's Hardware.

I was looking into buying one last week before I picked up a Vaio...

The notable difference is 256mb instead of 512, but that's only an extra $40 from Newegg.

 

[Corporate Thug]

why is this soo cheap?

 

[gunblade]

How long is the warranty ? Who will be the one to provide the warranty?

 

[ThetaOne]

Cheap because of the video card, etc...

It's a fast CPU on a body from last year... 14.1", 256/512mb, onboard video, etc... It's no screamer, but it's a Centrino nonetheless.

 

[LeaDxPainT]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
That eCost link is appointed exactly the same as the laptop reviewed @ Tom's Hardware. I was looking into buying one last week before I picked up a Vaio... The notable difference is 256mb instead of 512, but that's only an extra $40 from Newegg.

Found the TH review here: http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030711/index.html But I cant find where it says that this is the same lappy/specs eCost is selling. Still looking for a centrino notebook for school...so many choices....

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
That eCost link is appointed exactly the same as the laptop reviewed @ Tom's Hardware.

How do you know? Did you call them and ask the speed of the CPU? As I pointed out above, that model comes with anything from a 1.3GHz to a 1.6GHz CPU, as stated on asus's spec page. I still think the ecost model has a slower CPU.

 

[doinmybestatlast]

I have always called z-buy when I needed an answer and they have always been good to me. E-Cost will cancel your order and not tell you. E-mail E-Cost? I will never order from them again as my tries to contact them took weeks!!!!!

 

[InuYasha]

Asus lappies are notorious for overheating, be warned... not to mention their fan is on like ALL the time and quiet noisy...

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: InuYasha
...and quiet noisy...

LOL

 

[Plantsman]

I take it that this comes without an OS?

 

[luvya]

Ecost doesn't charge tax in Washington? I am tempting..

 

[Plantsman]

 

[hans007]

the ecost one is the barebones.

no hd, no cpu, no ram.



at $960 this is a good deal. extreme graphics 2 is on the mx420 class of performance. it isnt THAT slow, and well how many of you are really going to game on a laptop

 

[ThetaOne]

hans007,

That's simply not true... I called them about this because it was so damned cheap. It's the prebuilt combo that was reviewed on Tom's Hardware - I got that from two different employees.

The only difference from the main deal is the 256mb instead of the 512mb.

Let me add that I don't trust eCost after what they've done to me in the past, so I will skip this.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
hans007,

That's simply not true... I called them about this because it was so damned cheap. It's the prebuilt combo that was reviewed on Tom's Hardware - I got that from two different employees.

The only difference from the main deal is the 256mb instead of the 512mb.

Let me add that I don't trust eCost after what they've done to me in the past, so I will skip this.

did they confirm 1.6 GHz centrino?

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
hans007,

That's simply not true... I called them about this because it was so damned cheap. It's the prebuilt combo that was reviewed on Tom's Hardware - I got that from two different employees.

The only difference from the main deal is the 256mb instead of the 512mb.

Let me add that I don't trust eCost after what they've done to me in the past, so I will skip this.

its just that there was a deal about this a few months ago (well it was more money) and the ecost vague ad was there, and it was a bare one that time.

 

[preslove]

No one is gonna sell a 1.6 centrino with a 40gb hd, and a dvd/cdrw for 760. Ecost looks very sketchy. the $960 deal looks okay, though. I don't know anything about asus chasis, though.

Edit: the deal looks dead. tooling around on their site, the cheapest machine with about the same specs is $1599. Maybe it was a price mistake?

 

[all168]

At Z-buy, I see 1.6Centrino Asus notebook for $1599
Z-buy
Not $960, maybe I missed a good deal?

 

[mcleo19]

Originally posted by: ThetaOne
NOT HOT (sorry)

E-Cost for $738.20

You have to love the product detail on their page