warm deal on laptop (hp livestrong l2000), and its a good cause.

[hans007]

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopp...ry=livestrong&storeName=computer_store



not a bad deal for 2 reasons.

its a pretty nice notebook for one thing.

turion
14" xbrite widescreen
radeon xpress200
and its only like 5.4 pounds.


the other thing is $50 goes to the lance armstrong cancer fund.

but whats even better is that you can buy the same notebook as a compaq in silver just it costs $100 more for any identical config you need to send in a rebate and no $50 goes to cancer. so you actually save money getting the better looking black notebook and contribute to the cancer fund.

if you have an employee purchase program code (like i do) you can probably get another 6-10% off.

i think if this has a radeon x800 mobility it would be the perfect laptop. too bad it doesnt.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Looks to be a great notebook. I think its based on the HP dv1000/Compaq V2000 chassis. Great cause too :thumbsup:

 

[Nutdotnet]

Yeah...I think this is the one that I'll be purchasing in the next month or so.

~$1,000 for everything that I want in a notebook. Can't beat that!

 

[cbcjs]

Don't want that "Lance Armstrong" sig on my laptop...they should have
made it removable

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: cbcjs
Don't want that "Lance Armstrong" sig on my laptop...they should have
made it removable

well they have the normal silver one too.


if you guy want a real hot deal you can google compaq hp epp and you can probably find some random company's epp code.

 

[unsped]

id rather donate 50 bucks, and buy a 700m

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: unsped
id rather donate 50 bucks, and buy a 700m

i've had some 700ms. they are well made out of rubbish plastic as the top gear guys would say. this also has a much larger screen , i'm debating selling some of my other systems to get this.

anyone here have a v2000 or dv1000? hows it like.

 

[ScottAnthony25]

i'm using my dv1000 right now and love it,

traded in the 700m and never looked back.

 

[wedi42]

how does the Turion 64 compare to the centrino?

 

[CoBRaXT]

Originally posted by: ScottAnthony25
i'm using my dv1000 right now and love it,

traded in the 700m and never looked back.

wow, really? i returned the dv1000 and bought a 700m and have never looked back

 

[Otaking]

Wow, this looks good. Too bad I just bought a 700m a few months ago..

I wish I knew about this before I was in the market.

Go Lance!

 

[middlehead]

Turion. Sexy.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

I agree, it's a good deal.

Was pricing this earlier today too.

For $999, I can get:

Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional with SP2
AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-30 (1.6GHz/1MB L2 Cache)
14.0 WXGA Widescreen (1280x768)
ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/productivity ports
512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
60 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Microsoft(R) Works/Money

Or for an additional $100, I can upgrade to:

AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-34 (1.8GHz/1MB L2 Cache) and 80 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive

 

[hans007]

yeah i'mreally tempted too. with my epp code from my old job (haha it still works) i can get 6% off.

so i'd get a turion ml-30, 512mb , trubright screen, dvd burner, 60 gb, with 12 cell and 802.11g for $962. might just be worth doing.

 

[cbcjs]

How can I get the silver cover - really don't want Lance's sig on my laptop...
nothing personal

 

[RossMAN]

What kind of battery life can you expect with the 12 cell?

I'm impressed with my Dell 700m and the 8 cell battery life - almost 5 hours!

 

[deejayshakur]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What kind of battery life can you expect with the 12 cell?

I'm impressed with my Dell 700m and the 8 cell battery life - almost 5 hours!

i imagine it will be close to over 7 hours, like my dv1000 with the 12 cell. eat it

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: hans007
yeah i'mreally tempted too. with my epp code from my old job (haha it still works) i can get 6% off.

so i'd get a turion ml-30, 512mb , trubright screen, dvd burner, 60 gb, with 12 cell and 802.11g for $962. might just be worth doing.

Care to share your epp code? Please?

EDIT>>>>>>>

Nevermind.

 

[w0ss]

How does the X200 compare to the mobility 9700?

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: w0ss
How does the X200 compare to the mobility 9700?

It doesn't. But it is definitely better than having integrated graphics.

 

[AUGrad]

If you're seriously looking at one of the Turions, Best Buy has the Compaq V2000 w/ Turion 2800 (ML28), 512 M RAM, 60GB HDD, buitin WiFi, DVD Read/CDRW, and TruBright screen for $879 + tax OTD -- no rebates to worry about. This comes out about $100 less than ordering the same config online IIRC.

I got one last weekend and love it. The only things I wish I could change are the video RAM is shared and it's not a DVD-RW.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: cbcjs
How can I get the silver cover - really don't want Lance's sig on my laptop...
nothing personal

you just have to buy the compaq v2000z.

the problem with the turion at best buy is it is the v2000. has a 15.4" screen but weight is 6.45 pounds not 5.2 like the v2000z / l2000 notebook.

i'd personally give up the inch in screen for 1.2 pounds.

 

[AUGrad]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: cbcjs
How can I get the silver cover - really don't want Lance's sig on my laptop...
nothing personal

you just have to buy the compaq v2000z.

the problem with the turion at best buy is it is the v2000. has a 15.4" screen but weight is 6.45 pounds not 5.2 like the v2000z / l2000 notebook.

i'd personally give up the inch in screen for 1.2 pounds.

Actually, the one at Best Buy (the one I bought) has the smaller screen and the lighter weight (They list it at 5.4 lbs. -- maybe because of the builtin WiFi or something). It is listed as model V2311US. The funny thing is, it's $979 now, and not $879 like last week...

I'm glad I bought when I did.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: unsped
id rather donate 50 bucks, and buy a 700m

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....

oh wait, you WEREN'T joking :Q

 

[fbrdphreak]

To clear up a couple things here:

(1) Turion looks to offer about ~30 min or so less battery life under more intensive usage. However, in mostly idle usage Turion should provide equal or better battery life than Centrino. My site will have a more detailed review of Turion vs Pentium M in the coming weeks.
(2) The Compaq V2000z is a 14" widescreen Turion; should be the same thing as the Livestrong L2000 but more expensive and silver. All of the above should have the same exact chassis as the dv1000. For a detailed review of the dv1000, take a look here.
(3) There is no X200 in the L2000. It uses the Radeon XPress 200M chipset which uses an integrated form of the X300 GPU, sharing system RAM. I do not know if this is dynamic sharing or not.

For those who want a cheap Turion notebook that is built well and comes with a 3 year warranty, check out HP's business nx6125. 15" XGA/SXGA+, same graphics, Turion. Standard features include bluetooth, 3 year warranty, and biometric security. Starts @ $999