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Advice for a good, bang for the buck laptop

Yeah the screen is not the largest I could get but im looking for power and value. Have you seen any decent systems that fit the bill for a reasonable price?
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- Post #3
- Nov 8, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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Advice for a good, bang for the buck laptop

Hello all, The laptop I am currently interested in for $1,649 is: Intel ® Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 4670 1GB 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive Full HD Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD...
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- Nov 8, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Laptops
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Microsoft OFFICE Home & Student 2007, $60 free shipping

OpenOffice and Thunderbird FTW! free...
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- Post #9
- Aug 20, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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It's Back--I7 920 for $199.99 at Micro Center B&M

Bah! why is it always in store only with this vendor... so frustrating since there is not one in the Santa Barbara area AARRRRG!
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- Post #24
- Jul 8, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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WD 1001FALS 1TB Black $100 FS w/ promo @ NE!

I have had the same experience. No problems with the drives that I received, shipped in anti-static bag surrounded by bubble wrap and packing peanuts.
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- Post #4
- Apr 7, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Newsdemon 50% off!!! Only today

with encryption :)
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- Post #31
- Mar 2, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Newsdemon 50% off!!! Only today

I broke down and bought a 50 gig sub for $8.99 :) Canceled my Easynews account... reluctantly too as they have been great.
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- Post #19
- Mar 1, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Newsdemon 50% off!!! Only today

I personally use Easynews and they are pretty good. Nice web search so you don't have to use a reader. An auto-unrar so you can just get one file rather than multiple files. The plan I am on is: Easynews Classic: $9.98 for 20 Gigabytes or 30 days, which ever comes first and up to 143 days of...
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- Post #16
- Mar 1, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$199 Dell Mini 9

Here's the link.
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- Post #3
- Feb 16, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Viewsonic 24" LCD for 219.00 at Costco starting 2-9-09

So I got mine setup. It is really nice once you get the calibration correct. I actually left the displays hardware settings default and used my nVidia control panel to adjust the brightness/contrast/gamma. Also I am using DVI which tends to bring a brighter / more vivid picture by default than...
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- Post #44
- Feb 12, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Viewsonic 24" LCD for 219.00 at Costco starting 2-9-09

Did you try these: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
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- Post #36
- Feb 11, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Viewsonic 24" LCD for 219.00 at Costco starting 2-9-09

Thanks again lads for the heads up on this deal. I went out and bought one from the Goleta, CA Costco. $269 - $50 + tax + waste fee = $253.04 Crossing my fingers that it will have no dead pixels when I try it out at home tonight. If it does I am not sure I will be able to exchange it as there...
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- Post #34
- Feb 11, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Viewsonic 24" LCD for 219.00 at Costco starting 2-9-09

I am thinking about replacing my Samsung Syncmaster 931b 19" with this. Seems like quite an upgrade... How much you guys think I could get for my used Samsung? $100?
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- Post #25
- Feb 11, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 800 SDRAM Dual Channel Kit

I wonder if it would be better to pay 5 more dollers for the faster 1066 version: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) $44.99 What do you guys think? EDIT: Apologies for not reading the entire thread before posting this, either way I just had some Crucial...
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- Post #9
- Jan 10, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 processor $70

I currently have an E6750 oc'd to 3.0GHz, this CPU seems comperable as per the benchmarks shown on PassMark: OC Benchmarks I am not sure if I should just wait and get something better... Anyone seen any better deals that an Abit IP35-E would support well? Wonder if it would support an i7 :D
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- Post #13
- Jan 9, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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