Best Buy 14" EMachines Celeron Laptop $199 - HOT: processor replaceable!

[Blackjack200]

Deal dead? bestbuy.com is now showing $350

 

[douglasb]

Dead Deal. At $200, this was a hot deal. At $350, it's garbage.

 

[Wyndru]

Apparently these went quick in my area. When this thread was posted there was stock, but by the time I got home they were gone. A BB employee I know said that 1 person bought most of them at our local store (I think he said he bought 7 or 8 of them). Probably an unemployed ebay reseller...although I'm surprised there is a market for emachines on reseller sites.

I'm not sure why they put the price back to $350, I guess they plan on getting more stock at some point, but

 

[Fritzo]

Apparently these went quick in my area. When this thread was posted there was stock, but by the time I got home they were gone. A BB employee I know said that 1 person bought most of them at our local store (I think he said he bought 7 or 8 of them). Probably an unemployed ebay reseller...although I'm surprised there is a market for emachines on reseller sites.

I'm not sure why they put the price back to $350, I guess they plan on getting more stock at some point, but

I was loling at some of the posts on Ebay for these. One said "NEW IN BOX! Comes with Photoshop, SIMS with ALL expansion packs, and more! $255"

This guy loaded a bunch of pirated software on it and then only wants to make a $50 profit.

 

[douglasb]

I was loling at some of the posts on Ebay for these. One said "NEW IN BOX! Comes with Photoshop, SIMS with ALL expansion packs, and more! $255"

This guy loaded a bunch of pirated software on it and then only wants to make a $50 profit.

I hope he gets thrown in jail for that shit.

 

[weeber]

Although the hot deal is over, can you tell me what the memory configuration is on these? is there a slot available to upgrade the memory, or are there two 1GB chips that you have to replace to upgrade?

Thanks.

I just picked it up - it's surprisingly well built for this price! Solid construction, carbon fiber- like top, front mounted mic/headphone, SD card slot, and comes with Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium, not a ton of crapware. Screen is nice and bright, sound isn't bad. DVD burner + HDMI is a plus!

The only downside is the 4 cell battery, so plan on 2-3 hours of life.

 

[bmwme]

I don't get why they don't set a limit on number you can purchase...like one or two. I'd love one of these to replace my hand me down laptops I get from my wife.

 

[Fritzo]

Although the hot deal is over, can you tell me what the memory configuration is on these? is there a slot available to upgrade the memory, or are there two 1GB chips that you have to replace to upgrade?

Thanks.

There are two slots: 1 2GB card and one free. You have to remove about 20 screws to get to the motherboard, but they're easy to remove. The memory slots are right next to the processor, both are easy to get to for upgrading.

 

[Fritzo]

BTW- if anyone bought this, I posted a video on how to upgrade the processor:

http://youtu.be/Y3aCNN_vxVA