COMPUSA $199 desktop laptop $499(Next week sale) ALL after rebates

[itakey]

Is that $100 rebate good if you ARE NOT buying a monitor????

I've been seeing a bunch of those rebates but they require a monitor purchase.

I took a look at erebates.compusa.com and it shows BUNDLE rebates. Anyone know?

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: itakey
Is that $100 rebate good if you ARE NOT buying a monitor????

I've been seeing a bunch of those rebates but they require a monitor purchase.

I took a look at erebates.compusa.com and it shows BUNDLE rebates. Anyone know?

Dude, the rebate says $50 off for the computer and $50 off for the monitor...

 

[XBoxLPU]

For expansion, the SR1610NX has three PCI slots (two available), one PCI Express slot (available), two 5.25-inch external bays (one available), two external 3.5-inch bays (one available) and one internal 3.5-inch bay (occupied), and three PCI slots (two available). It comes with a built-in floppy drive and the following external connectors:

 

[SilentRunning]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: itakey
Is that $100 rebate good if you ARE NOT buying a monitor????

I've been seeing a bunch of those rebates but they require a monitor purchase.

I took a look at erebates.compusa.com and it shows BUNDLE rebates. Anyone know?

Dude, the rebate says $50 off for the computer and $50 off for the monitor...

Double Dude,

$110 dollar rebate
$50 rebate

 

[Thump553]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
For expansion, the SR1610NX has three PCI slots (two available), one PCI Express slot (available), two 5.25-inch external bays (one available), two external 3.5-inch bays (one available) and one internal 3.5-inch bay (occupied), and three PCI slots (two available). It comes with a built-in floppy drive and the following external connectors:

I'd double and triple check to make sure this has a PCI-E slot. The specs (see link posted by Clammy3 above) say PCI and don't mention PCI-E at all. I have a different model Presario (1030n) which definately has only PCI slots.

This is potentially a good business computer if you replace the memory and the hard drive.

 

[unclebud]

i done already said this thing has a pci-e slot! i have spent all week fiddling with it

"a lot of the oems use them. x300se's use very little power , 14 amps on the 12v is low, but i am sure that would be enough for an x300se and whatever else was in the machine."

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1478987&enterthread=y

"(Q) the new "xyx" motherboard has a 24pin plug - so do i need a new 24pin PSU ?

Not necessarely. All the upcoming new boards (eg. Nforce 4) SHOULD be capable of running with an "old" ATX 1.3 20pin-plug equipped PSU as well as with a new ATX 2.0 24pin PSU.

The question here is rather whether the PSU itself is a good brand name PSU with sufficient wattage. Dont expect a recent high-end system with pci-express card(s) and A64 CPU to run flawlessly off an old 350W noname PSU.

(Q) but what about the extra 4 pins on the PSU plug/motherboard connector ?

These four extra pins on the newer ATX 2.0 PSUs are solely for providing power to the pci-express port . I guess the specs demanded a separation of the power-rails for CPU/motherboard and high-end graphics.
Therefore they put the additional rails on the plug/motherboard which provides +12V, +5V, +3.3 and GND to the pci-express slot."

edit: it don't have no floppy drive either

 

[docmanhattan]

Originally posted by: Thump553

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
For expansion, the SR1610NX has three PCI slots (two available), one PCI Express slot (available), two 5.25-inch external bays (one available), two external 3.5-inch bays (one available) and one internal 3.5-inch bay (occupied), and three PCI slots (two available). It comes with a built-in floppy drive and the following external connectors:

I'd double and triple check to make sure this has a PCI-E slot. The specs (see link posted by Clammy3 above) say PCI and don't mention PCI-E at all. I have a different model Presario (1030n) which definately has only PCI slots.

This is potentially a good business computer if you replace the memory and the hard drive.

Read Clammy3's post with the PDF linked. The Spec sheet clearly lists 3 PCI and 1 PCIe.

 

[Gibson486]

Who makes the laptop?

 

[imported_OrSin]

The motherboard is MSI, but just before christmas all HP and as far as i could tell all Compaq that had AMD was using ASUS MB that had the ATI chipset.

I wonder if they changed them.
They don't seem to be old wtih this NB and SB
Northbridge: ATI RS482
Southbridge: ATI SB400

I wonder is COmpaq just doesn't want o support 2 type of MB anymore.

 

[DaveCSparty]

110 dollar rebate says Utah only?

 

[Legolas2]

Originally posted by: DaveCSparty
110 dollar rebate says Utah only?

Read Closely:

This offer is valid in the US
between 1/1/06 and 1/2/06

This offer is valid in Utah
only between 12/31/05 and
1/1/06

This offer is not valid in
Puerto Rico


It states that in Utah it is offset by a day!!

 

[Legolas2]

How do you think you rate this to emachines T3104. I picked this up for $225 and have not opened the box yet I seem
to like the Presario better:

Emachines T3104:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=333208&pfp=BROWSE

Presario sr1610nx Minitower
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=333129

Regarding the Presario... I should be able to stick another 512MB memory stick along w/ the 256MB stick right?

 

[jonnythan]

The laptop is really quite nice, and $499 is a heck of a deal. I've been using a 2403NR, with the only difference being that it has a Celeron M 1.5GHz. It's a gorgeous laptop, perfect size, only 5 lbs, lasts about 3.5 hours of normal use. The speakers are even good. The only knock on the CompUSA one is the lack of integrated wireless... but for just a few bucks you can install an internal wireless card or toss one in the PCMCIA slot.

 

[unclebud]

"How do you think you rate this to emachines T3104. I picked this up for $225 and have not opened the box yet I seem
to like the Presario better:"

i could disable the onboard video in the fic k8m-800m that the emachines uses

"Regarding the Presario... I should be able to stick another 512MB memory stick along w/ the 256MB stick right?"

short answer: yes
long answer: don't wanna hear my long answer, but it goes something like why can't people read the links that were posted already...

 

[Clammy3]

Originally posted by: jonnythanThe laptop is really quite nice, and $499 is a heck of a deal.

Which laptop? The one on sale next week is not the one linked by swage (v2402us). That laptop is a part of this week's sale and is completely different deal. Whatever laptop is for sale next week is instant off from $700 regular.

The ones that CompUSA currently has at 700 are:

1) Acer Aspire AS3003LCi (Semptron 3000+), sku 51716004. Page says not available in stores, so unlikely to be this one
2) Toshiba Satellite L25-S1196 (Celeron M 1.4), sku 333368
3) Acer Aspire 3002LCA (Semptron 2800+), sku 51610007. Sold out online and in stores so unlikely to be this one.
4) Aspire AS3003WLCi (Semptron 3000+), sku 333040.

I'd bet it is Toshiba one, but that is only a guess.

Or it could be something else if other laptops get a drop in list price to $700 starting in 2006.

 

[JesseKnows]

digme said:

I DON"T have a SCANNEr

PM me I can give you a scanner for shipping cost.

 

[SportSC4]

I have the compaq (bought it when it was on clearance at office depot last week). feel free to ask any questions and I can run any benchmarks if need be (but my system isn't totally stock anymore)
It is the 64-bit sempron (socket 939). It has 2 SATA ports ad 4 IDE connectors. Mine does not have a built in floppy drive but the cables are there. It does have a built in CF/SD/xD/etc reader.

so, if any questions, lemme know.

 

[ElFenix]

laptop price is live on their site

too bad it doesn't have wireless built in. can it add a minipci card?

edit: nm according to the above poster this is a different laptop from the one on sale next week

 

[allisolm]

This is the laptop 336295.
As OP stated no MIRs, no AOL. $499.99 out the door. Not available online. Clearance item, so may not be available in all stores. Shows as in stock in Tallahassee.

Compaq Presario M2401XT
Intel Celeron M Processor 360 1.4GHz
256MB RAM
40GB Hard Drive
15-inch XGA TFT Display
DVD / CD-RW Combo Drive
Windows XP Home Edition
Iintegrated 54g? 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM/SpeedBooster? support

From what it says on the laptop product page, you should also be eligible to get any or all of the following FAR with the purchase of the notebook computer:
Epson Stylus CX4200 All-In-One Printer
NETGEAR WGR614 Cable/DSL 54 Mbps Wireless Router, 802.11g
Norton Antivirus 2006 / Norton Ghost 10.0 Bundle by Symantec
Professor Teaches Office XP (Version 3.0) by Individual Software
Intellimover Transfer Your PC Deluxe by Nova Development
Details here.

 

[THRILLHOv]

has anyone price matched at compusa, and then still recieved the compusa rebate (im less worried about the compaq rebate)
i dont want to end up paying more by price matching to OD

 

[digme]

BIG UPDATE!! folks.... be careful about this deal if they tell you they have replaced it with a newer model for not having the original model in stock! i went to the store, and they told me they are going to replace it with model number SR1710. but that model is a) made in india i think, b) the rebates will most likely be rejected!


Be very careful this notice is not really for most of you who live, dine and rest here but for those visitors and newbiees

 

[RMSistight]

I'm thinking the HD is going to be at 4200RPM. I swear once you experience 5400 or 7200 RPM laptop HDs, you'll never go back. My Seagate Momentus 5400 RPM HD not only runs much faster, but it also uses 0.26 less amps than my old Toshiba 4200RPM HD.

 

[ElFenix]

compusa near me had about 40 of the notebooks

 

[mb]

OOS here

 

[BMdoobieW]

Thanks OP! As soon as I saw this thread, I ran (drove, zoom-zoom) up to CompUSA and grabbed the Presario sr1610nx Minitower for my grandfather (since I missed out on both the $200 and $224 Emachines over the last week). Looks like a really good deal. Thanks again.