*DEAD* Insane BB laptop deals (Compaq x1050 Centrino 1.4 GHz for 800 AR among others!)

[elanarchist]

Originally posted by: corey76
I posted this deal over a week ago and no one, and I mean no one seemed to care. Granted it was $50 more when I posted it but jeez!! I got nearly zero replies. Anyway I bought the X1050 and boy am I happy I did!! I have had no issues at all with it and with updated drivers and a few optimizations I'm cranking out 7500's in 3dmark2k1! I also happened to get lucky not only did I get the $300 in rebates from best buy but there was another $100 cash back or $300 in Marriot Inn's gift cert mail in coupon in the box. Of course I chose the cash back, and I got $60 in reward gift certs to best buy as well. Did I mention this thing has an insane battery life approaching 5 hours? DVD's on the widescreen are phenomenal!

Cool, I don't think you can get another $100 cash back from the rebate inside the box though. BB already prints out this rebate on the receipt for you - its the Fall / Winter 2003 Offer. Of course, there is a cool $50 rebate inside the box for a USB floppy to make it FAR, which was unexpected and nice. Also, BB is giving away a Lexmark X1050 printer this week FAR, but mine didn't have any in stock

 

[LucJoe]

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Originally posted by: PCPETE
what about those intel integrated graphics? Do they at least play counter-stirke?

I couldn't find any official benchmarks for the Intel 852 integrated graphics in the emachines and Toshiba. Here's Intel's official site: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel852gm/

Just for kicks, I looked it up on the online result browser at 3dmark. Kinda painful to look at - 1900 at the high end and 1300 at the low end, and this is 3DMark 2001! That's in the range of the Nvidia TNT from 5 years ago!

You scared me there, I thought you were talking about the radeon 9200. Anyone know how it performs?

 

[Hook]

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Nope, got the cheapest PC-2100 256 module instead for $38 although on second thought I just noticed that the Kingmax 512 MB PC-2700 is only $89 now, d'oh!

The RAM you linked to isn't compatible with this laptop; the link is to 144 pin PC133 128MB RAM. I just want to make sure no one clicks to the link and buys it without looking at it first...

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Originally posted by: corey76
I posted this deal over a week ago and no one, and I mean no one seemed to care. Granted it was $50 more when I posted it but jeez!! I got nearly zero replies. Anyway I bought the X1050 and boy am I happy I did!! I have had no issues at all with it and with updated drivers and a few optimizations I'm cranking out 7500's in 3dmark2k1! I also happened to get lucky not only did I get the $300 in rebates from best buy but there was another $100 cash back or $300 in Marriot Inn's gift cert mail in coupon in the box. Of course I chose the cash back, and I got $60 in reward gift certs to best buy as well. Did I mention this thing has an insane battery life approaching 5 hours? DVD's on the widescreen are phenomenal!

Cool, I don't think you can get another $100 cash back from the rebate inside the box though. BB already prints out this rebate on the receipt for you - its the Fall / Winter 2003 Offer. Of course, there is a cool $50 rebate inside the box for a USB floppy to make it FAR, which was unexpected and nice. Also, BB is giving away a Lexmark X1050 printer this week FAR, but mine didn't have any in stock

Did you ask or did they offer a substitution, check other local BB's or a rain check?

Damn this X1050 is SMOKIN' HOT I just wish the Portland BB's had it in stock.

 

[elanarchist]

Originally posted by: Hook

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Nope, got the cheapest PC-2100 256 module instead for $38 although on second thought I just noticed that the Kingmax 512 MB PC-2700 is only $89 now, d'oh!

The RAM you linked to isn't compatible with this laptop; the link is to 144 pin PC133 128MB RAM. I just want to make sure no one clicks to the link and buys it without looking at it first...

You're right, that one was for $37 from the same RAM company with the same descriptive images so I accidently used that link for the post. Its fixed now, my bad!

 

[elanarchist]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Originally posted by: corey76
I posted this deal over a week ago and no one, and I mean no one seemed to care. Granted it was $50 more when I posted it but jeez!! I got nearly zero replies. Anyway I bought the X1050 and boy am I happy I did!! I have had no issues at all with it and with updated drivers and a few optimizations I'm cranking out 7500's in 3dmark2k1! I also happened to get lucky not only did I get the $300 in rebates from best buy but there was another $100 cash back or $300 in Marriot Inn's gift cert mail in coupon in the box. Of course I chose the cash back, and I got $60 in reward gift certs to best buy as well. Did I mention this thing has an insane battery life approaching 5 hours? DVD's on the widescreen are phenomenal!

Cool, I don't think you can get another $100 cash back from the rebate inside the box though. BB already prints out this rebate on the receipt for you - its the Fall / Winter 2003 Offer. Of course, there is a cool $50 rebate inside the box for a USB floppy to make it FAR, which was unexpected and nice. Also, BB is giving away a Lexmark X1050 printer this week FAR, but mine didn't have any in stock

Did you ask or did they offer a substitution, check other local BB's or a rain check?

Damn this X1050 is SMOKIN' HOT I just wish the Portland BB's had it in stock.

Didn't want to press my luck, since they seemed a bit peeved that I didn't opt for the extended warranty. Dunno if its worth heading back there tommorow to ask them again, but I just checked the rebate online and it says you need both item on one reciept. As I have already sent in the rebates, I don't want to return/rebuy and then lose $350 worth of rebates.

 

[Hook]

There is also a $50 rebate from HP if you buy an HP printer (you don't need to buy at the same time as the laptop). My x1050 had a rebate coupon in the box, otherwise you can get it here.

 

[Hook]

For those of us that bought the x1050 a couple weeks ago, are any of you trying for a price match? I bought it when it was $1250-$100MIR-$100MIR-$100Gift Card. It would be nice to get the price adjusted to $1150... (but it is a great laptop even if I can't get the extra $100).

 

[sososlow82]

i was one of the lucky ones that got in on the deal. i actaully bought it for 1250 then return/ bought for 1150 and then did it again when the rebates changed to 350. so i bought this laptop like 3 times already lol, but...

i was looking at the rebates for the laptop and it looks like you can get the $100 from compaq/hp because it still lists it on the best buy rebate center. so there are actually 450 in rebates if im correct.

this is how i see the rebates...

1. $100 rebate on ALL centrino rebate from best buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12105&type=page&rebateid=43345&skuid=6108838

PROOF OF PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS:
1. This Rebate Form
2. Copy of Receipt
3. Photocopy of the UPC from the Box

MAIL ALL OF THE ABOVE TO:
Best Buy Rebate #43345
PO BOX 8200
Calais, ME 046198321
1888


2. $150 best buy rebate for all notebooks week of 12/14
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12105&type=page&rebateid=43325&skuid=6108838

PROOF OF PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS:
1. This Rebate Form
2. Copy of Receipt
3. Photocopy of UPC barcode from box

MAIL ALL OF THE ABOVE TO:
Best Buy Rebate #43325
PO BOX 8200
Calais, ME 046198324
1888

3. $100 best buy rebate on laptops week of 11/16
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12105&type=page&rebateid=42012&skuid=6108838&h=387

PROOF OF PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS:
1. This Rebate Form
2. Copy of Receipt
3. Photocopy of UPC barcode from box

MAIL ALL OF THE ABOVE TO:
Best Buy Rebate #42012
PO BOX 7600
Calais, ME 046197649
1888

4. $100 rebate from hp/compaq
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12105&type=page&rebateid=40006&skuid=6108838&h=387
this is also the form that comes in the box i believe...

PROOF OF PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS:
1. 1. This completed coupon
2. 2. Copy of store-identified invoice,
3. receipt, or packing list for all
4. qualifying purchases, dated between
5. offer dates-- purchase price circled.
6.
7. 3. Original UPC, serial number, part
8. number and barcode label for the
9. qualifying Compaq product.
10.
11. Please write Model Number:
12. ____________________________________
13. Please write Serial Number:
14. _____________________________________

MAIL ALL OF THE ABOVE TO:

Compaq Fall/Winter 2003 Ofer FWNB03
PO BOX 42915
Mesa, AZ 852742957
18883855410


only the hp/compaq one requires an original upc and it is being sent to a different address. plus its listed on the best buy rebate center on their webpage so someone please correct me if im wrong.

 

[TekDemon]

FWIW my three compaq/hp rebates from purchases made in August still haven't shown up...I did mail them out late september though . But their online system shows that they've had my rebate for well over 3 months...

I called them up and they said that it was approved....just that it's going to take them up to another 4 weeks to get me my rebate. Ugh.
So if you're counting on the rebate anytime soon...don't.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: Dyre
I know we currently have about 6 E-machines, about 5 of the compaq's and about 50 of the compaq2190's at my store- So check your B&M's...


And be nice and just sign up for the free 3mnth AOL or 6mnths MSN so we don't get yelled at by out managers.

I got royally screwed by MSN for 6 months of service when their CSR supposedly cancelled an account but lied about the whole thing (or there was a major glitch). Sorry, but I'll say nicely, "no thanks."

 

[rainypickles]

3. $100 best buy rebate on laptops week of 11/16

that is for 11/16-11/22.

 

[sososlow82]

oops... lemme double check again...

 

[sososlow82]

oops... i screwed up.. so what are the rebates that make 350? just the HP and the other 2 BB rebates?

 

[nitsuj3580]

Originally posted by: sososlow82
oops... i screwed up.. so what are the rebates that make 350? just the HP and the other 2 BB rebates?

haha...do the math. you listed all the rebates yourself. 100 + 100 + 150 = ?

 

[metalmania]

Use the promotion for nvidia, you get 20% off and free 2nd day shipping.

something like this: http://shopping.kingston.com/nvidia

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Originally posted by: metalmania
If $38 is for generic ram, why not buy from kingston for the same price?
I bought one 256M DDR2100 for my laptop two weeks ago for $40, the price is $38 this week. It' s kingston value ram.

Originally posted by: elanarchist

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Good choice, did you buy the Kingmax 512MB for $103?

Nope, got the cheapest PC-2100 256 module instead for $38 although on second thought I just noticed that the Kingmax 512 MB PC-2700 is only $89 now, d'oh!

Where'd you find the Kingston for that price? Newegg is $43 and Kingston's own site is $45.

 

[sososlow82]

lol... winter break is here... turned off my brain until next quarter starts...

 

[bryantson03]

Too bad Celeron sucks and Compaq does too. That pretty much zeros out all those deals.

 

[emonkey]

Originally posted by: bryantson03
Too bad Celeron sucks and Compaq does too. That pretty much zeros out all those deals.

Someone is stuck in 1998.

When you get unthawed from that block of ice youve been trapped in then you'll realize that the world has changed in those 5 years youve been frozen. You'll be amazed to see that todays celerons are good enough for most everything, $800 for an incredible laptop is a great deal and gas prices are rediculous. Unfortunately though, ignorant people are still looked down at as shmucks. Welcome to 2004.

 

[flashsim]

bryantson03, can you list your compaq CELERON laptop deal?? lol

 

[manko]

BWWAAAHAHHAAhAhahahaha!

 

[BreakApart]

Originally posted by: bryantson03
Too bad Celeron sucks and Compaq does too. That pretty much zeros out all those deals.

Hahaha, clue-less thread crapper. Classic...
Where is this Celeron your referring too?

This is a HOT deal for anyone lucky enough to get one.

High power, low heat, 4+hrs battery, wide screen, firewire, USB2.0, SD slot, S-Video out, bluetooth(option), and completely expandable...you can upgrade yourself (pop-out/pop-in): cpu, ram, video, wifi, all drives, etc. At this price I would have expected non-removable parts, not so here. All for $800 sweet!

Check out the pics in the upgrades section --> x1000 forums

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: bryantson03
Too bad Celeron sucks and Compaq does too. That pretty much zeros out all those deals.

I beg to differ at least where Compaq Presario laptops are concerned.

Back in September 2002 (15 months ago) I bought a Compaq Presario 1500T for under $800 from Staples B&M, one of the best purchases I have ever made. Compaq sucks at most products they make (except for iPaq PDA and laptops) but their laptops are great. I have had absolutely ZERO problems with my Compaq 1500T and if you take a minute to read actual reviews you'll notice that most Compaq X1xxx owners are very very pleased with their purchase. The Compaq 1050 for $799 after MIR is a solid value for a great all around laptop.

 

[coolVariable]

I am actually also very tempted by the emachine for $599 with the widescreen for my dad.
Seems like a nice lappy for someone who only does the most basic office/internet stuff ...

 

[Jeraden]

I think you guys are misinterpretting his comment. There are 3 deals posted in the OP, 2 celerons and 1 compaq. He's discounting them all since 2 are celerons (which unless something changed in the last month, do indeed "suck" compared to a p4) and the other is a compaq. He's not claiming one is a compaq celeron.