* Official Black Friday LAPTOP Thread *

[itslisa]

OH NO I am quoting myself ha ha I am thinking the one at office max for 59 after rebate is the same one a CC for 79 after rebate since the OM has 2 rebates one is an instant rebate sooooooooooooo it uses a USB port.


If I know me ... and i do ... I will pick up the CC one since I'll be there. Later try to get OM one. If they're gone .. oh well. If not ... return the CC one.

[tmkuroda]

If I know me ... and i do ... I will pick up the CC one since I'll be there. Later try to get OM one. If they're gone .. oh well. If not ... return the CC one.
That makes sense. I am going to OM to get kodak paper anyway.

[RossMAN]

Sorry if this has been asked already...but do you think my chances for the laptop would be better at BB or CC? I know some have suggested being in line as early as 11pm at BB...would you think the same for CC? thanks!
That's a very good question.

Your chances are definitely better at CC because they're not as busy as BB is. Plus the CC laptop has better specs, it comes with 512MB RAM, larger hard drive and better LCD display. I would get in line around 12 Midnight and you should be ok.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/

[stationchief]

That's a very good question.

Your chances are definitely better at CC because they're not as busy as BB is. Plus the CC laptop has better specs, it comes with 512MB RAM, larger hard drive and better LCD display. I would get in line around 12 Midnight and you should be ok.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/

Hence the reason why business at CC is probably gonna pick up. I'm just soo afraid that AOL rebate thing dropping the price of the laptop to $200 and the desktop to FREE is gonna pack that place.

[Kalel]

That's a very good question.

Your chances are definitely better at CC because they're not as busy as BB is. Plus the CC laptop has better specs, it comes with 512MB RAM, larger hard drive and better LCD display. I would get in line around 12 Midnight and you should be ok.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/

Excellent link!!! Good job this site rules!

[goodamala]

wow!!!!I guess i'll have to get my camping gear ready......

[RossMAN]

Excellent link!!! Good job this site rules!
and we're only going to get better :banana01:

[keith_dude]

I don't know if this is news, but I see that Dell had a press release this morning saying that starting on Wednesday (11/23) they will sell an Inspiron 2200 Celeron Laptop for $399 and a Dimension 3000 Desktop for $299 (I'm guessing without a Monitor). Certainly these deals rival the CC and BB deals (& maybe even beat them). Not sure about shipping charges...
The sale ends 11/27.



Got a link to confirm that? I checked their website and haven't been able to find anything on that.

[pretweety7]

Ok, so if I go to CC I can get a better Toshiba for cheaper price?? I can also get my internet hookup there too, right?? Now, I was looking at trying to go wireless, can I do that w/Broadband?? IF so, BB had a D-Link Wireless Networking Kit for $14.99. I went on the D-Link website and typed in the same thing and it came up $119.99. Am I crazy??

[congahunter]

I just talked to my local Circuit City. I'm assuming the information is the same for any other Circuit City. Here's what they told me:

1: the laptop is $450 out the door (without AOL). No mail in rebates.
2: Only 1 per person.
3: They will NOT let someone else use your credit card to purchase the laptop. Even if you're standing right there with your ID. So if you're bringing someone with you to get another 1, give them cash.
4: They open at 5 am. Expect long lines, long before 5 am.
5: They will be handing out vouchers. It won't be a free for all to the door at 5:00 am.

Now, the question is, who in Salt Lake is going to be getting one of these? I don't want any competition, lol. It's pretty cold here this time of year, so the later I can show up, the better.

This thread is pretty active, so I'm assuming laptop's are the hot item this year. I need 3 of them, so I'm hoping I don't have too much competition.

Maybe I can find a circuit city in some small town somewhere and show up at 5:00 am and get my 3, lol.

[itslisa]

I just talked to my local Circuit City. I'm assuming the information is the same for any other Circuit City. Here's what they told me:

3: They will NOT let someone else use your credit card to purchase the laptop. Even if you're standing right there with your ID. So if you're bringing someone with you to get another 1, give them cash.


I have NEVER EVER seen this rule in action. Unless it's new this year. I've been doign BF fr quite a few years now .............

We DO NOY carry cash on BF. Just too much to juggle -- too easy to lose it. I take 2 credit cards (heaven forbid I should have a problem with one!), my license and my AAA card!

[joeycolon]

anyone want to re-sum up this thread?

[Just_Jill]

Got a link to confirm that? I checked their website and haven't been able to find anything on that.

I'm with you on this, I am unable to find anything regarding a 399.00 and they keep pointing me to,

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/,

which is a dead link!! :mad:

[mstiffany2u2]

Please help....now I am torn between the lap top at CC and the lap top at WM. The laptop is going to be a XMAS gift for my 13 year old son. The computer is for school but also has to be compatible with his PSP and his apple ipod. Any advice....my head is hurting from all of this wonderful information.


p.s.

I love this site and I will be glad when black friday comes so that I can actually get some work done at work :g_dance:

[saluken]

does anyone have an idea if the BB price for the laptop will be the same in Wisconsin as mentioned on this site? The WM laptop is $150 more.

[itslisa]

Please help....now I am torn between the lap top at CC and the lap top at WM. The laptop is going to be a XMAS gift for my 13 year old son. The computer is for school but also has to be compatible with his PSP and his apple ipod. Any advice....my head is hurting from all of this wonderful information.

Check out this comparison -- it breaks it ALL down
http://www.me.mtu.edu/~jdbilyeu/laptops.htm



I love this site and I will be glad when black friday comes so that I can actually get some work done at work :g_dance:

Amen! I can't stop reading!!!!! My head is ready to spin and blow off!!!

[RossMAN]

anyone want to re-sum up this thread?

Sorry that is not possible and it would take forever. There really is a lot of useful information if you read the entire thread.

Or I can make it easy for you: buy the Toshiba laptop from Circuit City.


I'm with you on this, I am unable to find anything regarding a 399.00 and they keep pointing me to,

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/,

which is a dead link!! :mad:

Which $399 laptop are you referring to? Which model/store?

That link works just fine for me, please try refreshing or clearing your cookies/cache in your browser.

Or try this link adding www to the beginning http://www.blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/


Please help....now I am torn between the lap top at CC and the lap top at WM. The laptop is going to be a XMAS gift for my 13 year old son. The computer is for school but also has to be compatible with his PSP and his apple ipod. Any advice....my head is hurting from all of this wonderful information.


p.s.

I love this site and I will be glad when black friday comes so that I can actually get some work done at work :g_dance:

As I have said numerous times before the Circuit City laptop is better because:
More RAM, larger hard drive and better LCD display.
The best feature? CC lines are shorter than at BB.


does anyone have an idea if the BB price for the laptop will be the same in Wisconsin as mentioned on this site? The WM laptop is $150 more.

Why wouldn't it be? So far we have only witnessed "regional" pricing with Walmart selling laptops at $378, $399, $478, etc.

[itslisa]

Why wouldn't it be? So far we have only witnessed "regional" pricing with Walmart selling laptops at $378, $399, $478, etc.

FYI ... Wal-Mart's ad is already ON-LINE! It allows you to put in your zip code to find the store nearest you and to see THAT store's sale!

Now ... everyone should know how much it's selling for in their area -- no more guessing!

[RossMAN]

FYI ... Wal-Mart's ad is already ON-LINE! It allows you to put in your zip code to find the store nearest you and to see THAT store's sale!

Now ... everyone should know how much it's selling for in their area -- no more guessing!
Correct and I would recommend voting in this thread (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=21029), make sure to post your city/state.

[Skamed]

I live in NY and the lines here are monstors... i'm planning to get the CC labtop but dont really know what time i should be there... anyone have any experice in the state of NY or in NYC? I was thinking of going 3am.. but people in the thread say to go around 12am.

[badboy8813]

so i guess the CC$199 with aol is the best deal to go for... well looks like i will be out there in nashville at 3am

[msluchie]

IS THERE A CATCH TO THIS $199.99 LAPTOP ON THE CIRCUIT CITY ADSCAN?

[slgroves]

I'm a Store Manager for a Wal-Mart Supercenter here in the midwest......does anyone have any questions??????


I have a question: this $398 laptop: I just got the WalMart circular, & it's not in it. Just one for $488. What gives?

[RossMAN]

IS THERE A CATCH TO THIS $199.99 LAPTOP ON THE CIRCUIT CITY ADSCAN?
Yes, you have to sign up for 1 year AOL.

[angel_fareha]

Wow...this thread is awesome... Actually, the whole site is awesome. I know where to head now to get a laptop...CC :woot2:

[OKCowgirl]

Well ... the Wal-mart flyer is OFFICIALLY out ... at www.walmart.com. You will see the ad ... but will have to enter your zip code. This is the kicker.

I entered MY zipcode and got my local Wal-Mart (Liberal, KS), but the laptop was listed for $488.00. When I entered my brother's zip code (down in TX), it was listed for $378.00 ... that's $110.00 difference.

I don't know WHY ... each of the Wal-Marts are different. SOO .. I'm having someone down there get the laptop for $378.00 (saving $110.00) ... and bring it back to me.

Hope this helps everyone. Might wanna play around with the zipcodes in your area ... to find the cheapest price. Usually the BIG CITIES ... will have the cheapest price.

[nickle831]

...)


The Toshiba L25-S1192 notebook uses DDR2-533 (aka PC4200) SoDimm ... It supports upto 2Gb of memory (2x 1gb modules) ... since it ships with 1x 256mb, I'd recommend buying 1x 512Mb ... But whatever you buy, insure that it is _AT_LEAST_ 533Mhz ( DDR2-533 or PC4200 ) and that it is a SoDimm (if it isn't, it wont _fit_ inside a notebook.

@shley

Is this the best recommendation to upgrade the RAM for the bestbuy laptop, or will going lower than 533Mhz hurt the laptop?

[uniquelymeeee]

378,399,488, dont think it much matters, i'm in Iowa and my local Walmart store said they got 36 laptops. My sister is in Illinois she said the manager told her they only got in 36 laptops. Thats not very many

[aimrico]

I noticed the price difference also. If I look at the Walmart in Waterloo/CF Iowa, the price is $378.. if I look at Marshalltown Iowa (about 30 or so miles away) the price is $488.. Waterloo also has a Best Buy, Office Max & Staples.. Marshalltown only has a Staples

[joetoken]

Walmart has IC Power laptop on line for $449, anyone have any idea who really makes this?

[Anna in CO]

OK, I don't know if this question has been answered (I admit, I couldn't read through the entire 27 pages... and bear with me if this is a stupid question!)

... but what do you do if your wal-mart is open 24 hrs? I'll be in Oklahoma visiting my parents and I really want to get the HP, but ours is a Super Wal-Mart so it's open all the time.

Do you go at like 12 a.m. on Friday? Or do they close the wal-mart at re-open at a specific time? I live in Colorado, otherwise I'd go ask them myself....:holiday16

*confused*

[joetoken]

Hey, I have read most of this thread and was wanting speed opinion, will the cc toshiba, be a faster set up than the walmart sempron? mainly in terms of office apps, but I do like to game a little and watch a dvd now and again on the road, ?

[nickle831]

Hey, I have read most of this thread and was wanting speed opinion, will the cc toshiba, be a faster set up than the walmart sempron? mainly in terms of office apps, but I do like to game a little and watch a dvd now and again on the road, ?

It has more RAM so it should be faster, than walmarts.

[keith_dude]

It has more RAM so it should be faster, than walmarts.



It also has faster RAM, a bigger cache, and a faster hard drive. so yes...it will be faster.

Because it takes more juice to run that stuff, the battery won't last as long, though.

[joetoken]

Battery life is an issue that really stands out on the toshiba's, it looks like around 100 to get a better battery, any cheaper options for better batteries?
when it comes down to it with a laptop, if your not mobile, you just have a little desktop with whimpy performance.

[amunger]

I hope I am doing this right I have never posted. I want to know why people aren't more excited about the toshiba at cc for 449.00? Am I missing something???

[Swim100flyy]

Ok, I wanted to make a Post that sums and answers some basic questions so they arnt repeated again.

-Now that everyone says that the CC labtop is better, and that CC is offering a "free desktop" im sure that not soo educated people will flock to CC to get the Desktop which really isnt free.

-Yes, the CC labtop is better out of the box than the BB labtop.

-However, the BB laptop's Ram can be upgraded to 512 for $30 (page 7 of Comp USA's ad bottom left) after a MIR.

-The extra 20GB of memory that the CC labtop has isnt really a big deal. I would store all my big files on a portable hardrive anyhow.

-Circuit City's Laptop is $199 only after signing up for a year of AOL.

-BB's Labtop is $380 no MIRs, and NO AOL!

[nickle831]

-However, the BB laptop's Ram can be upgraded to 512 for $30 (page 7 of Comp USA's ad bottom left) after a MIR.

hey swimfly does the ram have to be 533Mhz?

[nickle831]

swim100flyy- also wondering if my desktop has nortons and I am going to us wireless does my laptop need a seperate antivirus or will it work off of the one on the desktop?

[congahunter]

-Yes, the CC labtop is better out of the box than the BB labtop.

-However, the BB laptop's Ram can be upgraded to 512 for $30 (page 7 of Comp USA's ad bottom left) after a MIR.

-The extra 20GB of memory that the CC labtop has isnt really a big deal. I would store all my big files on a portable hardrive anyhow.

-Circuit City's Laptop is $199 only after signing up for a year of AOL.

-BB's Labtop is $380 no MIRs, and NO AOL!

Yes, everyone should go to BB and get that laptop. At least everyone in Salt Lake should. Leave the CC laptop for me, lol.

In all seriousness, the CC laptop is the best deal. Bigger hard drive, more RAM, and a better screen. All this for $70 more (assuming you're like me and will just pay the $450 and not bother with AOL).

Circuit city it is (for me). I just hope there is not a huge line there all night. And if there is, I hope to be in the front of said line. With 2 friends, so I can get 3 of them, lol.

[Swim100flyy]

To address the ram issue, If a Notebook Ram Expert could tell us if we could put in the PC3200 into the PC4200 slot on the notebook.

To address the Norton topic, Most likely if your not skilled at setting up networks, youll have to get another version of Norton. I recommend the Norton Internet Security 2006 3-user edition.

[grapico]

I just talked to my local Circuit City. I'm assuming the information is the same for any other Circuit City. Here's what they told me:

1: the laptop is $450 out the door (without AOL). No mail in rebates.
2: Only 1 per person.
3: They will NOT let someone else use your credit card to purchase the laptop. Even if you're standing right there with your ID. So if you're bringing someone with you to get another 1, give them cash.
4: They open at 5 am. Expect long lines, long before 5 am.
5: They will be handing out vouchers. It won't be a free for all to the door at 5:00 am.

Now, the question is, who in Salt Lake is going to be getting one of these? I don't want any competition, lol. It's pretty cold here this time of year, so the later I can show up, the better.

This thread is pretty active, so I'm assuming laptop's are the hot item this year. I need 3 of them, so I'm hoping I don't have too much competition.

Maybe I can find a circuit city in some small town somewhere and show up at 5:00 am and get my 3, lol.


i went to circuit city today as well and confirm this, they will however let you sign somebody else up for the AOL service if you are paying for it with your own credit card or cash, so thats pretty cool.

I'm still wondering if you already have a low rate aol if they will let you upgrade. *or* if you have had it before, can you signup for it ...if you live in the same house, but totally seperate accounts. its all legit and want to pay, its just whether they have some odd rule for it.
can anybody confirm if the 250 is INSTANT or rebate from aol.

[tmkuroda]

378,399,488, dont think it much matters, i'm in Iowa and my local Walmart store said they got 36 laptops. My sister is in Illinois she said the manager told her they only got in 36 laptops. Thats not very many
I called my Walmart ( Suburbs of Detroit) and they wouldn't tell me how many they had... I did ask "more then 50?" and she replied "Oh yes way more then 50"! I am happy!
Tina in Taylor Michigan

[christiantean]

I have been wanting a laptop, and my dad is willing to buy a laptop for $380 or less.... but I'm having trouble deciding where to go on Black Friday to purchase one! (We don't want to be waking up at 1am just to get there-maybe 4:30...)

I wanted a laptop with 700MHz Processing, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive... I had wanted more, but with this price limit, that is unlikely.

I know you can upgrade some of the laptops- if the laptop doesn't meet the requirements, would it be possable to upgrade?

With all that said, what laptop would best fit my needs, and where could I purchase one?

[RossMAN]

I have been wanting a laptop, and my dad is willing to buy a laptop for $380 or less.... but I'm having trouble deciding where to go on Black Friday to purchase one! (We don't want to be waking up at 1am just to get there-maybe 4:30...)


Go to Walmart.com enter your zip code and look at Friday's ads, what price does it show for the laptop?

If you wake up at 1AM how do you get there at 4:30AM? Is the store 3.5 hours from your house?



I wanted a laptop with 700MHz Processing, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive... I had wanted more, but with this price limit, that is unlikely.


All the Black Friday laptops meet or exceed your minimum requirements.



I know you can upgrade some of the laptops- if the laptop doesn't meet the requirements, would it be possable to upgrade?


Yes the RAM and hard drive can be upgraded. Additional RAM is about 256MB for $25.



With all that said, what laptop would best fit my needs, and where could I purchase one?


I would choose the Best Buy $379 Toshiba laptop.

[christiantean]

I ment that waking up at 4:30 was more practical for me than 1am in the morning. The walmart in my area is selling their laptop for $378. What is the difference between the Walmart and Best Buy laptop? (sorry if this was already discussed...)

[Smiley313]

I'm a Store Manager for a Wal-Mart Supercenter here in the midwest......does anyone have any questions??????


Yes I do, What does the HP Laptop for 398.00 have in it

[RossMAN]

I ment that waking up at 4:30 was more practical for me than 1am in the morning. The walmart in my area is selling their laptop for $378. What is the difference between the Walmart and Best Buy laptop? (sorry if this was already discussed...)
Of course 4:30 AM is more practical but I can guarantee by the time you get to Walmart the line will have 200+ people in it already.

Since most Walmarts are allocated 20 laptops per store you should just go back to sleep because you're not getting a laptop :gd_shake:

You can compare the different laptop specs here
http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/

[RossMAN]

Smiley313,

:2welcome: to the forums :)

You can find the Wal-mart laptop specs here (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showpost.php?p=115661&postcount=75).

[Macross84]

I went to CC and there it was: the BF Toshiba. I told the sales person I wanted to buy it (to get it and then do a price match on Friday). But I could not buy it. The sales person said the price came up as $9,999 in their system to discourage customers and alert the employee of the BF special item is not for sale. Oh well...

[tmkuroda]

OK, I don't know if this question has been answered (I admit, I couldn't read through the entire 27 pages... and bear with me if this is a stupid question!)

... but what do you do if your wal-mart is open 24 hrs? I'll be in Oklahoma visiting my parents and I really want to get the HP, but ours is a Super Wal-Mart so it's open all the time.

Do you go at like 12 a.m. on Friday? Or do they close the wal-mart at re-open at a specific time? I live in Colorado, otherwise I'd go ask them myself....:holiday16

*confused*
Call them, every store does it different. Mine is a 24 hour store as well but they are closing on thanksgiving and not opening up till 5 am the next day.

[nickle831]

I went to CC and there it was: the BF Toshiba. I told the sales person I wanted to buy it (to get it and then do a price match on Friday). But I could not buy it. The sales person said the price came up as $9,999 in their system to discourage customers and alert the employee of the BF special item is not for sale. Oh well...

That's to bad, but I didn't think BB was going to PM anyways.

[pnlcooper]

Wanted to let everyone know, I went into Circuit City to check the deal with AOL rebate. I wanted to check if you could sign up for $15 bring your own broadband plan, or if it had to be the $24 dial up plan. He looked the rebate up in the system for me and it did give the $15 plan as option. YEEAHH!!
I know so many of you are anti AOL, but to Pay $180 for $250 savings, I don't care.
It also helps, those on budget be able to take advantage of a few more deals this black Friday.

[tmkuroda]

I went to CC and there it was: the BF Toshiba. I told the sales person I wanted to buy it (to get it and then do a price match on Friday). But I could not buy it. The sales person said the price came up as $9,999 in their system to discourage customers and alert the employee of the BF special item is not for sale. Oh well...
Ohhhhhhhhhhh did ya pet it? I would have.. and called it "My pretty" and hoped I was lucky enough to get one for my own.

[tmkuroda]

Wanted to let everyone know, I went into Circuit City to check the deal with AOL rebate. I wanted to check if you could sign up for $15 bring your own broadband plan, or if it had to be the $24 dial up plan. He looked the rebate up in the system for me and it did give the $15 plan as option. YEEAHH!!
I know so many of you are anti AOL, but to Pay $180 for $250 savings, I don't care.
It also helps, those on budget be able to take advantage of a few more deals this black Friday.
WOOOO HOOOOO:imu2: I like that option BETTER! I already have broadband.
Tina in Taylor

[Smiley313]

Thank you so much for the infomation

[RossMAN]

Thank you so much for the infomation
You're welcome :)

[skar]

Anyone know about the rebates for the cc laptop other than the AOL deal. Is there a mir on the laptop if I dont get AOL. Like on the printer and router?

[retgi]

So what time would i have to get there to buy one. Would 12:01 AM work at our 24 hr store?

[tmkuroda]

Anyone know about the rebates for the cc laptop other than the AOL deal. Is there a mir on the laptop if I dont get AOL. Like on the printer and router?
all others are instant rebates. At CC with aol $199 without aol $449

[Elsie]

I love it! I plan on being in my car in front of CC at 9:30 p.m. Thursday night and will hop out to get in line when I see another person get in line. It's going to be a long night!

[dhancock219]

Dell's basic Inspiron laptop has dropped in price today from $659 to $499......the on line pricing's gonna get real interesting before Friday I think!

[dhancock219]

9:30???? and again I'll ask the question, Do all you people have catheters?

[nickle831]

9:30???? and again I'll ask the question, Do all you people have catheters?

:lmao: I can see everyone now running up to the front doors urine bag in hand!!

[congahunter]

Wanted to let everyone know, I went into Circuit City to check the deal with AOL rebate. I wanted to check if you could sign up for $15 bring your own broadband plan, or if it had to be the $24 dial up plan. He looked the rebate up in the system for me and it did give the $15 plan as option. YEEAHH!!
I know so many of you are anti AOL, but to Pay $180 for $250 savings, I don't care.
It also helps, those on budget be able to take advantage of a few more deals this black Friday.

Do you have to pass a credit check for the AOL deal? Also, can you use someone else's credit card for it?

I plan on taking a couple people with me and getting 3 of them. I would rather carry as little cash as possible. Also, the people I take with me may or may not have good credit. But if I can really pay $180 and save $250 I'm all for it.

[rmol66]

Has there been a new comparision chart since the cc computer came on board? I still don't know which one to get, but seem to be leaning towards the cc. one

[Elsie]

:lmao: I can see everyone now running up to the front doors urine bag in hand!!


Too funny!:) My sister (Daisimae in MA) and I (in MD), have already made it a rule: No food or drink after, I think 6 p.m., :cheesy:

[ph_flyer8784]

is the bb laptop after rebate or is the 380.00 walk out the door price?

[phatferd]

is the bb laptop after rebate or is the 380.00 walk out the door price?

There is no rebate thats what you pay.

[cins55]

Say I have a quest?? for someone. I just received our local Walmart flier and it has different prices for the laptop than the 398.00 is just in certain locations?

[RossMAN]

Say I have a quest?? for someone. I just received our local Walmart flier and it has different prices for the laptop than the 398.00 is just in certain locations?
There are 3 different prices across the USA.

Go to Walmart.com enter a zip code in a nearby city, what price does it show?

[alimfp]

Dell's basic Inspiron laptop has dropped in price today from $659 to $499......the on line pricing's gonna get real interesting before Friday I think!

$399 after rebate!! (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=21131) :D

[Swim100flyy]

Try $698 in Wisconsin for Walmart Labtop!!!!!!!!!! Zipcode 53150

[jellybean051901]

I was just at Walmart on Sunday and they were passing out sales fliers for Black Friday. The prices are different then the posted sale ads. The laptop is $378, the TV/DVD combo $98.....

[Cru]

Ok I've been trying to figure out exactly wtf is going on in the last 28 pages and now I've come to 2 conclusions. 1: I have a splitting headache, and 2: I'm still confused on whether to camp out at Best Buy or Circuit City. BB has the lap for $370 out the door, where as CC has it for $199 but you have to do the AOL thing. What is this only having to pay $180 for AOL? If that's the case then I'll go to CC cuz the price will be the same but their lap has more ram and large hd.

Did I figure that out right?

[Ninasnewborns]

Someone said you may be able to sign up for the aol that is to accompany broadband. I think that plan is 14.95 a month?

[Swim100flyy]

No one knows for sure until when we sign up. If your willing to risk it go to CC. I personally have a $75 Best Buy gift Certificate, and $2 in Best Buy Bucks. So, naturally im gonna go to BB no matter what.

[Swim100flyy]

Hey, for anyone who knows a lot about Notebook RAM, Whats the difference between PC3200 and PC4200 RAM? Is it possible to put PC3200 Ram into either of these machines? Also, how much faster is the PC4200 over the PC3200?

[skylog]

just to confirm, in PA, the WM laptop is listed for 378.

[nfbsk]

Hey, for anyone who knows a lot about Notebook RAM, Whats the difference between PC3200 and PC4200 RAM? Is it possible to put PC3200 Ram into either of these machines? Also, how much faster is the PC4200 over the PC3200?

PC3200 ram is ordinary DDR type, while PC4200 is DDR2. DDR so-dimms will not fit in DDR2 slot and vice versa. Performance differences are unnoticeable, but PC3200 is actually faster than PC4200 when coupled with an AMD processor.

[blackdaniel]

I got my ad to day for olympia washington and contrary to what a friend of mine told me who is a wm employee the price on the hp laptop was 488. That sucks

[phatferd]

I'd get the BB laptop over the WM....I dunno what store is worse from the posts on here BB or WM? I hear BB has insane lines, while the people at WM are crazy.

CC seems to be pretty sane and somewhat a better option.

[pafarmgirl]

Don't forget that CostCo has a six month return policy on all computers.
ahhh, you haven't been to Costco lately, it's 30 days

[DaleRider]

Overall, the larger amount of RAM, slightly bigger HD, and the TruBright screen (something you cannot upgrade the BB laptop to) makes the CC lappy my choice.

Add to that, if it's true, the ability to choose the AOL $15/mo broadband plan just adds to its attractiveness!!! We're on dialup actually being out in the country, but "borrowing" $250 from AOL and only paying back $180 on the $250 "borrowed" really appeals to me.....free financing and forgiveness of over 25% of the loan!!!

[RossMAN]

ahhh, you haven't been to Costco lately, it's 30 days
You're kidding me, they changed it again?

Oh well it's probably due to thousands of people taking advantage and abusing it. Buying a $2000 laptop, using it then returning it 6 months later when it's only worth $900.

[tmkuroda]

Ok I've been trying to figure out exactly wtf is going on in the last 28 pages and now I've come to 2 conclusions. 1: I have a splitting headache, and 2: I'm still confused on whether to camp out at Best Buy or Circuit City. BB has the lap for $370 out the door, where as CC has it for $199 but you have to do the AOL thing. What is this only having to pay $180 for AOL? If that's the case then I'll go to CC cuz the price will be the same but their lap has more ram and large hd.

Did I figure that out right?
See what reading all our posts will do for you?:gd_devild You sure did get that right!
Tina in Taylor

[StickyKeys]

Okay, on the CC laptop thing. AOL just started a deal where if you have Road Runner, the AOL account is free. I have frickin' Road Runner, has anyone heard what they plan to do about the rebate if that's the case?

[alimfp]

I'll check with my Brother in Law, but a month ago he confirmed the return policy for computers bought at Costco was still six months (he works there - supervisor/leader).

[dhancock219]

if I'm not mistaken, the warranty for the BB is 90 days, the CC is 1 year. That alone makes the CC a better buy. I can imagine the sales increase for the "Geek Squad" if people just use it with the 256mb installed from BB and wonder why it's so slow.

[lildreamer316]

Okay;I just want to make sure everyone is VERY clear about what they will have to have in hand/on credit/in bank when they walk IN THE DOOR at CC.

Laptop with AOL plan=199.99
Printer (Epson CK3810)=89.99
Router (DLink DI524) =59.99

TOTAL=$349.97
Out of pocket to walk out of the store ;you will eventually get back $149.98;making your price $199.99+AOL monthly fee.($15/$24)

WITHOUT AOL sign-up
Laptop=$450.00
Printer=89.99
DLink Router=59.99

TOTAL=$599.98
Less eventual rebates of $149.98 (again);making your price back to $450.00 with nothing more to pay.

Of course, I assume you could opt not to get the printer and router.
Just wanted to make sure it was summed up! Good luck to everyone; I am still not sure as to the CC or the Walmart, because I have absolutely no use for the AOL and I have all HP products. Hubby knows how to work on them if anything goes wrong, and I have a Media Center desktop I love. I am looking to spend less the morning of,and don't really need to worry about extra hd space. Also don't really need the printer, and can get a router for a better price if I hunt hard.We'll see....

[siageah]

Dell Small Business just sent an e-mail out stating that the Inspiron 2200 will be $399 starting tomorrow til the 27th. "Lowest price ever on a Dell Notebook!" No mention of any rebates, but the full information doesn't seem to be online yet.

[laser2]

Just heard on CNBC that Walmart will match prices on any sale ad if they carry the same item-does any one know if they carry any laptops on sale friday at any other retailer and will they honor this??

could get interesting

[Swim100flyy]

Things could get really interesting if this were to happen. ALL I know is that im going to BB, CC, Wally world, and mabe somewhere else tommorrow to look at everything. Making sure to bring along a demo CD to try on the labtops...

[dhancock219]

unreal....just had a bit on the local news (Cleveland), someone is already camped outside of BB for guess what? a laptop...yikes! And to think I have to work for a living

[Swim100flyy]

I was considering that, but that means that ud have hundreds of peeps walking past you, and not before thanksgiving!!!!! Family is more important

[mes181]

Try $698 in Wisconsin for Walmart Labtop!!!!!!!!!! Zipcode 53150
That's insane, and youall have the coldest weatherto put up with if you go and wait early.... $378 in the Central Texas Area... even better than the originally rumured $398...! Sorry for your bad luck, any Circuit Ctiy stores nearby ???

[mes181]

Okay;I just want to make sure everyone is VERY clear about what they will have to have in hand/on credit/in bank when they walk IN THE DOOR at CC.

Laptop with AOL plan=199.99
Printer (Epson CK3810)=89.99
Router (DLink DI524) =59.99

TOTAL=$349.97
Out of pocket to walk out of the store ;you will eventually get back $149.98;making your price $199.99+AOL monthly fee.($15/$24)

WITHOUT AOL sign-up
Laptop=$450.00
Printer=89.99
DLink Router=59.99

TOTAL=$599.98
Less eventual rebates of $149.98 (again);making your price back to $450.00 with nothing more to pay.

Of course, I assume you could opt not to get the printer and router.
Just wanted to make sure it was summed up! Good luck to everyone; I am still not sure as to the CC or the Walmart, because I have absolutely no use for the AOL and I have all HP products. Hubby knows how to work on them if anything goes wrong, and I have a Media Center desktop I love. I am looking to spend less the morning of,and don't really need to worry about extra hd space. Also don't really need the printer, and can get a router for a better price if I hunt hard.We'll see....


I hate to sound like a brocken record, but is evryone absolutely sure about the AOL deal, getting the laptop for $199...and so on as mentioned above... ? That just seems way too good to be true...

[pebbles]

Wanted to let everyone know, I went into Circuit City to check the deal with AOL rebate. I wanted to check if you could sign up for $15 bring your own broadband plan, or if it had to be the $24 dial up plan. He looked the rebate up in the system for me and it did give the $15 plan as option. YEEAHH!!
I know so many of you are anti AOL, but to Pay $180 for $250 savings, I don't care.
It also helps, those on budget be able to take advantage of a few more deals this black Friday.

Can someone explain this? Right now I have dial-up, but will be moving in a week or so. I plan to get Road Runner. What is the AOL thing? What do you mean by "bring your own broadband plan?"

I'm not very savvy when it comes to all of the options...what exactly would the AOL do for me if I already have Road Runner? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

[mes181]

That means you don't have to use the aol service for access to the interent, u can use roadruner, they just are signing you up for their "service" software whatever, just to get $14.95 out of you a month,if you have your own internetconection. If you don't, then they charge you $23.95 a month. It is a one year contract.

So, $15X12=$180. If you sign up, u only pay $199.99 for the laptop,as opposed to $449.99....

So, basically, it saves you $80 in the long run, and instead of paying $449.99 upfront, you pay $350 at the store ($199.99 for the laptop, $149.99 for the printer and Router that are part of the deal), and get $150 in rebates for the printer and router (making them free) that ur getting under the special, and then papying $180 to AOl over the course of a year...

Total price comes out to $380 when all is said and done... as opposed to $449

Sorry if I confused you...
-Mark

[malachitecat]

So, are walmart and compusa the only two offering laptops with AMD processors?

[gregz]

Just gotta e-mail from Dell,,,,2200 laptop for $399 Starts 11-23

[skrhone]

I just returned from Walmart, they are passing out flyers on some of the BF specials. The HP laptop here in Arizona will sell for $378.00!
-also shown on their website, just put in your zip code for your local add!

[keith_dude]

Just gotta e-mail from Dell,,,,2200 laptop for $399 Starts 11-23



I've seen that. I had to use a special code and then it's actually $499 w/a $100 rebate bringing it down to $399.

It has a 14.1" screen--smaller than the others. It's just not as good of a machine. But if I can't get a Toshiba at BB, I'll be doing this.

[pretweety7]

Ok I don't have any internet service as of right now, so should I sign up for one before Friday to get the cheaper deal w/AOL or go w/just AOL?

[lousgirl]

hey i need a bit of help with the specs on these laptops. i am from australia and want to get one on BF but out voltage is 240v. which of the laptops, if any, have AC adaptors? i know the WM one is 65v is there any way i can change that?
cheers

[vhalk]

voltage
I have taken a dell laptop to greece before (I called them first to make sure I could to this) and didn't need a voltage adapter just the plug adapter. Those you can find anywhere that sells travel stuff. Something about laptops have a dual voltage and will recognize which voltage it is.

[congahunter]

So do you have to buy the printer and router to get the laptop deal at circuit city? I just want the laptop- no need for another router and printer.

I want to pay $450 and walk out with a laptop. Or even pay $200, plus pay AOL $180 and walk out with a laptop. Either scenario would be fine with me...

Oh yeah, and do you have to pass a credit check to get the AOL deal? Even if you pay for the whole year right there on the spot?

[longview1982]

It appears that the $449 laptop on Walmart.com is already out of stock :eyepoppin

[tiredsportsmom]

Checked my zip code at Walmart.com and it showed laptop at $378, sales paper came in mail yesterday it had $488. Guy in electronics last night said price would be $488 cause that was what was marked on the box. Walmart may need lots of security at their stores over all the confusion on these laptops.

I'm really thinking of just going to Staples and try to get their Acer one ( I believe it was $449) and the printer that winds up being $9.98 after instant & mail in rebates. Was planning on standing in line for BB but I'm getting sick with a terrible cold and don't think it will help me to stay out all night in 30 degree weather. Too bad Staples or Office Depot (I know about not buying at OD!) won't have their items online. Boss said I got put it on company account at either of these places and then just write check to company. That way I could stay nice and toasty and have it delivered! Anyone know anything about either of these laptops? I don't even remember what OD was offering!

Oh well time to take more cold medicine!

[pebbles]

My apologies in advance if this has already been asked...but it was pointed out that on the scanned Circuit City ad it says right above the toshiba laptop "web only specials Thanksgivng day"

Is this web only or in store, and how do we know?

[susanw]

I recieved the local ad for Walmarts today that also said the laptop and the desktop was $488.00. After looking at the online ad for my store, that said $378.00, I called the electronics dept. and they said " The website is an independent company that posted the prices wrong. The price will be $488.00." Altho still a good price, but isn't that a little deceptive??

[pebbles]

My apologies in advance if this has already been asked...but it was pointed out that on the scanned Circuit City ad it says right above the toshiba laptop "web only specials Thanksgivng day"

Is this web only or in store, and how do we know?

Ok, I think I found this discussed on page 17..sorry for asking a duplicate question.

Thanks

[suec]

My WM gave me very different info. I checked the online ads for the 9 WM's within 50 miles of me. 3 had it listed for $378, the others for $488. I noticed that on the opening page for the WM nearest to me, in Niles, MI, if I looked at pages 2-3 of the main ad it was $488, but if I clicked on the second, one page flyer it was $378. So I called and spoke top someone in Electronics. He said that it would sell for $378.
He said that "someone had gotten ahold of the ad early and publicized the $378 price, so they lowered the price to $378 and ;) printed the flyer ."
Guess this site is really having an influence!

[Randyman]

Question: i'm considering the BB notebook and upgrading the RAM... my mom is wanting sell me her toshiba Satellite. its the 2.8 Ghz celeron from about a year and half ago with 256K which i'll upgrade to 512K.. She wants 5-600 for it.. how does the 2.8 ghz celeron from a year a go compare to the 1.5 celeron M's that are out now in terms of performance. Trying to decide if I should take her lap top or just get the new one from best buy

[stationchief]

So do you have to buy the printer and router to get the laptop deal at circuit city? I just want the laptop- no need for another router and printer.

I want to pay $450 and walk out with a laptop. Or even pay $200, plus pay AOL $180 and walk out with a laptop. Either scenario would be fine with me...

Oh yeah, and do you have to pass a credit check to get the AOL deal? Even if you pay for the whole year right there on the spot?

No printer/router needed fo the CC laptop deals. Seems to be a mail-in rebates option IF you get the laptop.

And no credit check needed for AOL. Just a "major" payment card, like credit card or debit card or something they can deduct their fees from each month. Wonder what would happen if someone did try to pay the whole year's worth of $14.95 fees, $180, and demanded the $250 gift card. :lolrun: I'm still a little skeptical about them giving you the full $250 if you sign up for just the $15 per month service. We'll see.

[RossMAN]

Question: i'm considering the BB notebook and upgrading the RAM... my mom is wanting sell me her toshiba Satellite. its the 2.8 Ghz celeron from about a year and half ago with 256K which i'll upgrade to 512K.. She wants 5-600 for it.. how does the 2.8 ghz celeron from a year a go compare to the 1.5 celeron M's that are out now in terms of performance. Trying to decide if I should take her lap top or just get the new one from best buy
256k, did you mean 256MB RAM or 256k cache?

What kind of display, battery life and CD drives does hers offer? WiFi card?

I would buy the Circuit City Toshiba which offers a 1 year warranty.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/laptop/

[Randyman]

all the peripherals are comparable to the .. same HD space. wifi capability etc.. just trying to figure out performance.. and yes i meant 256K RAM

[labgeek]

I've seen that. I had to use a special code and then it's actually $499 w/a $100 rebate bringing it down to $399.

It has a 14.1" screen--smaller than the others. It's just not as good of a machine. But if I can't get a Toshiba at BB, I'll be doing this.

It doesn't start until tomorrow... So any code you're using probably isn't the right one. The email says nothing about being after rebate. The page the email sends you to says nothing about a rebate.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_notebooks?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd


Starting tomorrow, 11/23/05

$399 - Our Lowest Notebook Price Ever!
Inspiron 2200 Notebook with FREE Internal Wireless card and FREE Color Printer from only $399! Get great holiday savings, including our lowest notebook price ever!

HURRY! Offer is only valid from 11/23/05 - 11/27/05 , while supplies last.

[stationchief]

Question: i'm considering the BB notebook and upgrading the RAM... my mom is wanting sell me her toshiba Satellite. its the 2.8 Ghz celeron from about a year and half ago with 256K which i'll upgrade to 512K.. She wants 5-600 for it.. how does the 2.8 ghz celeron from a year a go compare to the 1.5 celeron M's that are out now in terms of performance. Trying to decide if I should take her lap top or just get the new one from best buy

What's the part number on your mom's Toshiba so we can look up the specs on exact processor type, graphics, etc? Even though it's 1.5 years old doesn't mean it's not still good. Might even still be sold on store shelves. Perhaps consider buying one of the BF Toshiba laptops for $200-450 and selling your mom's laptop for a profit.

And I think you mean it has 256 "MB"(megabytes) of ram, not "KB". You can't upgrade the cache if it has 256KB cache on the motherboard. And only 256 kilobytes of RAM would suck. :rotflol:

[Randyman]

no you're right.. i'm just not thinking.. i mean 256 meg of ram hehe the model is A65-S126

[malachitecat]

It appears that the $449 laptop on Walmart.com is already out of stock :eyepoppin

But none of the $449ish laptops are the one on BF (they all have intel processors :( and the one on BF is an HP with an AMD :D ) there is still one around the 449 price in stock on their web.

[nickle831]

Woohoo! I went to BB to check the area out. I also applied for a BB credit card, and if you are approved you get a $25 gc!! Which I got, and now my laptop is going to be $25 Cheaper!!

[bigjimslade]

I was looking at the Gateway MX6030 that BB had. What kind of memory would I get to upgrade the ram to 1gb? Thanks in advance

[Iluvbabies]

The laptop that is going to be at Dell tomorrow for 399, couldn't I just put the DVD burner that I would like on that? Would I have to upgrade anything else on that 2200 to make the dvd burner work well? The price would be cheaper than BB $549 LT with the Dvd burner, and I wouldn't have to wait in line. Any help would be great. Getting this for our daughters graduation, she will need it for college, but I want to have the option of burning dvds on it. Thanks in advance for any help

[adster]

So it's been pretty much decided that the Toshiba L25-S1193 deal from Circuit City will be the best laptop deal this Black Friday. Add a free router and All-In-One printer, and it just make things sweeter. Here's the info:

As most of you know, Circuit City will be offering this Laptop for $199 if you sign up for AOL service or $449 if you do not. Here are the specs of the laptop is you haven't seem them already:

http://www.circuitcity.com/IMAGE/product/detail/tos/EC.TOS.L25S1193.CN.KPS.JPG
• Celeron® M processor 370 1.5GHZ
• 60GB 5400RPM hard drive
• 15.0” XGA TruBrite display
• CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
• 512MB of DDR2 SDRAM
• 802.11g/b wireless

Most of the confusion here seems to be with the AOL instant giftcard offer. Let's try to clear this up.

Circuit City and AOL will give you an instant $250 giftcard for the laptop if you sign up for 12 months of AOL service. AOL has 2 types of service plans: the $24/mo dial-up plan and the $15/mo Bring your own access plan.

If you sigh up for dialup: 24X12 = $288 - not worth the $250 savings.
If you sign up for the bring your own access: 15X12 = $180 - Well worth the $250 savings!

There has been some rumors about which plans you can sign up for, and if Circuit City will actually allow signups for the $15/mo plan. Since the fine print on the BF ads are very blurry, it's hard to tell exactly what it's saying, thanky to Tony (from another site) we are able to dissect it and this is what it says:

http://www.adster.net/7.png
12 months AOL commitment (requires AOL plan range from $14.95 to 23.90/month depend on plan selected. America Online and AOL are Registered Trademarks of America Online, Inc.)



http://www.adster.net/8.png
Running man icon are trademarks of America Online, Inc © 2005 America Online Inc. All rights reserved Offer valid 11/25/05-11/26/05

So if that fine print is on the official ad, we WILL be able to sign up for the $15 a month plan, paying in total only $180 for a $250 discount.

What about the FREE router and the AIO printer?

Good question! Despite what you have heard, this deal is optional. There is no one forcing you to buy these, but it's a nice little gift.

Router: DLink DI-524 (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/D-Link-802-11g-Wireless-Router-DI-524-/sem/rpsm/oid/94745/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do)
User rating: 3.9 out of 5.0
Cost will be $59.99 with a $59.99 mail-in rebate.
http://www.circuitcity.com/IMAGE/product/detail/dlk/PC.DLK.DI524.LT.JPG

Printer: Epson Stylus CX3810 (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Epson-Stylus-CX3810-All-In-One-Printer-C11C612001-/sem/rpsm/oid/136563/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do)
User rating: 5.0 out of 5.0
Cost will be $89.99 with an $89.99 mail-in rebate.
http://www.circuitcity.com/IMAGE/product/detail/eps/EC.EPS.CX3810.CN.TUB.JPG

Hope this thread helps you make an INFORMED decision about Black Friday! I will be standing in front of Circuit City at 11pm on Thursday night in Orlando, Florida!

If you have questions, feel free to ask and I'll update this thread with the appropriate info.

[longview1982]

The laptop that is going to be at Dell tomorrow for 399, couldn't I just put the DVD burner that I would like on that? Would I have to upgrade anything else on that 2200 to make the dvd burner work well? The price would be cheaper than BB $549 LT with the Dvd burner, and I wouldn't have to wait in line. Any help would be great. Getting this for our daughters graduation, she will need it for college, but I want to have the option of burning dvds on it. Thanks in advance for any help

Now is the Dell that is going to be available tomorrow $399 instant rebate price? Or is it with the $100 rebate that some people are already talking about? Cuz if it is $399 straight up, then I am in :g_thumpsu

[89MustangGX]

Thanks for clearing this up, but...

Directly after the second red box it looks like it says "Gift card good for future purchases only" Hmm...

I'm skeptical of deals like this and it's because of the wording put in the fine print.

[siageah]

From what I can see from Dell's ads the Dell Home notebook is with a $100 rebate. The Dell Small Business notebook (these are the same notebooks just sold by different divisions) doesn't mention a rebate. But the details are sketchy. We may not know until tomorrow.

[adster]

I agree with you about that section about Gift Card good for future purchase only, but I think they will have a hard time backing down when the front of the ad states that it the $199 is after AOL.

I hate legal wording like that though...

[superdomino83]

Directly after the second red box it looks like it says "Gift card good for future purchases only"

But that sentence is after the star icon, so maybe that only applies to where you find the star in the ad. It doesn't look like there's one by the laptop price.

However, the star does appear anywhere else "gift card" is mentioned.

[mychza]

does that mean you have to pay the 450 and then come back some other time to get the 250 off? That doesn't seem fair, and you're right it seems like false advertising. :(

[samir]

Sorry for interruption but I was in our local Circuit City. They told me that they are going to get only 5 Toshibas so it's going to be a huge competition.
And another thing yeterday I got in my mail box the Wal Mart's newspaper with all sales for Black Friday. The laptop is for 398. That's all.

[ssawe]

Sorry for interruption but I was in our local Circuit City. They told me that they are going to get only 5 Toshibas so it's going to be a huge competition.
And another thing yeterday I got in my mail box the Wal Mart's newspaper with all sales for Black Friday. The laptop is for 398. That's all.

Pls pinpoint the CC store so that i can avoid going to this store totally.

[zgamer]

Sorry for interruption but I was in our local Circuit City. They told me that they are going to get only 5 Toshibas so it's going to be a huge competition.
And another thing yeterday I got in my mail box the Wal Mart's newspaper with all sales for Black Friday. The laptop is for 398. That's all.

local CC here said they would have 30 and maybee 40 depending on the shipping, he wasn't sure about the last 10.

[erica]

are the laptops ready to grab in boxes, once we arrived in the laptop section?
pls share the technical procedure from getting in line to checking out the goods in BF? thx

[joetoken]

Still wondering if anyone has a good source for upgraded lappy batteries for toshiba, I would like to get more than 1.5 hours of unpluged time,

[WGC]

Got my Walmart add today and both desktop and laptop are listed for $488!

[erica]

WGC, I just did the same thing, and found the laptop $ 378

E
St Louis, MO

[mlynch3261]

I will be standing in front of Circuit City at 11pm on Thursday night in Orlando, Florida!

I'll be at the one on alafaya (waterford lakes) @ 12am ~~!

[mlterry99]

PRICE WARNING!! Not all Wal Marts are selling the lap top for $488. Be sure to check your local fliers. In Illinois there are two Wal Marts about 15 miles apart. One in Joliet, one is in Morris. I checked on line and saw that the Joliet store is selling the lap top for $378, while the one in Morris is $488. That's a $110 difference. Be sure and bring your sale flier with you, the store will honor the price as lonas your have the ad. Otherwise, the $378 lap top might be $488 when you get to the store. Check Wal Mart online and see what your store is selling it for. The same goes many, many of the electronic items for sale.

[phatferd]

Sorry for interruption but I was in our local Circuit City. They told me that they are going to get only 5 Toshibas so it's going to be a huge competition.
And another thing yeterday I got in my mail box the Wal Mart's newspaper with all sales for Black Friday. The laptop is for 398. That's all.

That's either untrue or they are in for a lawsuit.

The ad specifically states a minimum of 15 per store.

[blackdaniel]

So I just checked on line at wm's website and the price for the laptop at all stores within 50 miles of me is 378, but the flyer that I got in the mail says the 488 price. What gives? I'll be upset if I go to the store and wait and then get stuck with a higher price

[samir]

That's either untrue or they are in for a lawsuit.

The ad specifically states a minimum of 15 per store.

Yeah they might be wrong but that is what the seller told me.:(
I was surprised too. And by the way I live in the San Diego county.

[DaleRider]

Sorry for interruption but I was in our local Circuit City. They told me that they are going to get only 5 Toshibas so it's going to be a huge competition.
And another thing yeterday I got in my mail box the Wal Mart's newspaper with all sales for Black Friday. The laptop is for 398. That's all.


LOL!!! And you are actually going to believe some salespeople confirming some leaked BF sales....complete misinformation you've received.

[samir]

LOL!!! And you are actually going to believe some salespeople confirming some leaked BF sales....complete misinformation you've received.

That guy was pretty serious. But still I am going to camp out near the Circuit City.
I have a question. What if that salespeople will just buy all of that laptops. They are people too, so they will have access to them before anyone else. And we'll come and the laptops are sold out. Do you think this is possible. I mean that only some people would be able to get it.

[phatferd]

That guy was pretty serious. But still I am going to camp out near the Circuit City.
I have a question. What if that salespeople will just buy all of that laptops. They are people too, so they will have access to them before anyone else. And we'll come and the laptops are sold out. Do you think this is possible. I mean that only some people would be able to get it.

The ad says minimum of 15 per store, so the consumers will have at least 15 available. If not you have a gripe and one that you will win.

[samir]

The ad says minimum of 15 per store, so the consumers will have at least 15 available. If not you have a gripe and one that you will win.
I hope so.
So the laptop is 450 plus tax, isn't it?
And it will be my first BF sale. So we just run to the store to the electronics secsion and grab the laptop which will be in the box. Correct me if I am wrong
And I know from my friend's experience that last year's BF some people just went to the shop without a line. They pushed people and got in. I wouldn't like this to happen to me.

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[everlast316]

Can someone with computer knowledge (not me) tell us which laptop has the best graphics card for gaming? It looks like the best buy one has some sort of ATI/Radeon card. I'm looking for something that will be able to play game like the Lord of the Rings RTS that came out last year.
Will any of these allow me to do that?
Thanks in advance for any info and good luck to you all!!:)

[Bobafett73]

I work for a local Wal-Mart Supercenter which has been awarded #3 in the world once before because of the outstanding sales. That is in Rapid City, SD. So I called our local Wal-Mart to talk to the electronics. He said they will have in around 30. That makes sense for a supercenter. According to the guy he said come to the electronics counter and they'll get you one. So I'm thinking there is going to be a small pallet somewhere near the Electronics area.

From what I have heard they have to get all the pallets ready by 4:30 am and in a 24 hr store getting there around 1-2 am would be the right thing to do. I can just see it now, those 30 are going to go in about 30 seconds. I'm going to grab and run! :)

Good luck to you all!!!

This is my version of what will happen :)


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[samir]

You are absolutely right. The same thing will be in Best Buy and Circuit City. I hope I will survive

[hoosays]

Am I wrong, or does it not state in Circuit City's Ad, online web-only special Thanksgiving Day sale? That is the ONLY Toshiba laptop I see in the whole flyer.

[ufwa]

my experience last year at my circuit city was a bunch of people went for stuff at the door. I went around them and head straight to the back where computer stuff was. 6 or 7th person in line, 1st person out.

crowd was stilll busy fighting each other over some junk dvds players.

Hopefully this year it'll be the same.

[mlynch3261]

does CC hand out vouchers? or is it a free for all... also has anyone determined wether or not is 199 OTD with AOL or do we get a giftcard for 250 bucks we can use later??

[Elsie]

does CC hand out vouchers? or is it a free for all... also has anyone determined wether or not is 199 OTD with AOL or do we get a giftcard for 250 bucks we can use later??

You should probably call your CC. I called the one I plan on going to and they will be giving out tickets about an hour before the store opens, so I'll be in line waiting long before 4 a.m. to ensure a spot in at least the first 5-10 people.

[grace474]

any word on laptops at micro center yet? :o

[lildreamer316]

IMPORTANT QUESTION about the CC laptop;
SINCE this is mainly a way to get AOL customers; does that mean the AOL software is ALREADY installed on the computer? If so; that is a deterrant from me; having had problems with pre-installed AOL software before. So even if I buy it outright for $450; I will still have to take the preset AOL stuff out? Any insight would be appreciated.

[Swim100flyy]

Taking AOL out is easy... Almost all computers nowadays come with it pre installed. Just go to the Control Panel and remove it. :)

[linco]

So i understand the whole one voucher per person thing. So does that mean there really isnt anything wrong with me bringing my mom and brother along. So that we can get 3? Or is it one per household. (dont think it is)

[congahunter]

So i understand the whole one voucher per person thing. So does that mean there really isnt anything wrong with me bringing my mom and brother along. So that we can get 3? Or is it one per household. (dont think it is)

I'm bringing a couple people with me too in hopes of getting 3 Toshiba's from Circuit City...

[lousgirl]

this might be a stupid question (ive never done BF before) but do most stores let you put things on layaway? specifically walmart? i saw a walmart store manager on here a bit back...

[Swim100flyy]

Haha, I just called BB in Greendale, WI, and the employees didnt even know that there was a labtop for Black Friday, Dumb butts!!! I asked If i could try a demo of a game. They said that i couldnt install demos. I asked if i could run it right off the CD, no installation. They said to buy a labtop, then if the game didnt work, bring it back, and they would "wave" the restocking fee if i bought a different labtop, otherwise there would be a restocking fee. What a bunch of Shi... for Brains.... Soo much for customer service! Im just gonna go in there and do the demo anyhow. There too stupid to figure out what im doing.

[jeffNangie]

Just got an email from Dell and it said they will have Inspiron 2200 laptops starting tomorrow and going to the 27th for $399. Don't know the specs yet, but here is what the website says - $399 - Our Lowest Notebook Price Ever! Inspiron 2200 Notebook with FREE Internal Wireless card and FREE Color Printer from only $399! Get great holiday savings, including our lowest notebook price ever!

[congahunter]

The original post should be updated so that it has all the current info. Link it to the current laptop comparison, and add all the BF laptops to the post.

It would probably save a TON of repeat questions...

[shahanku]

Am I wrong, or does it not state in Circuit City's Ad, online web-only special Thanksgiving Day sale? That is the ONLY Toshiba laptop I see in the whole flyer.

Yes guys .. me too confused about the same thing !:confused: :confused:

[Swim100flyy]

We do not 100% know if the labtop is ONLINE ONLY, or if it is IN STORE ALSO.

[Swim100flyy]

BTW, IM going into BB then CC tommorrow with a demo copy of Halo. (i installed it on my desktop, copied the folder of files onto a cdrw, tried it on my old computer, and it started running.) So, i can tell you guys about how good the Radeon X200 is in the game HALO by microsoft. Expect a report sometime tommorrow around 4 oclock.

[ufwa]

well under the laptop itself its a bit blurry but you can make out minimum of 15 per store.

I think it will be both. if it is it'll be great I don't have to wake up early for it. though I'd like to play with it that day so I probably will.

[congahunter]

We do not 100% know if the labtop is ONLINE ONLY, or if it is IN STORE ALSO.

This is the Toshiba at Circuit City, right?

Oh, crap. LOL. I need to find out real soon. If it's online, then I need to leave the money in the bank so I can use my debit card. If it's in store only, then I need to withdraw some money so I can have cash for my friends that will be buying 2 for me. Circuit City already told me that they won't let anyone use someone else's credit card. Not even if they're with that person and they both have ID. So I'll need cash for my friends in the case of an in-store purchase. But if I withdraw all that cash (and it has to be done tomorrow because the bank is obviously closed on Thursday, and no ATM is going to let me withdraw $1000) and then it turns out to be an online thing, I won't have the money on my debit card to get 3 of them...

[phatferd]

We do not 100% know if the labtop is ONLINE ONLY, or if it is IN STORE ALSO.

The CC laptop for sure is going to be in the stores. Why would it say minimum 15 per store?

Also, I called CC and told the guy I saw the ad and he admitted it. Didn't try to hide anything.

[lousgirl]

i hear bestbuy gives out 'tickets' while your in line. does that mean i can show up around 12, get my ticket whenever they give them out, then go sleep in the car for a bit? or even better, go home and pick it up later?

[Swim100flyy]

Haha, Thats hilarious. If you want 200 angry people glaring at you and your car as you pull out of the lot, go for it. Otherwise, that wont be possible,

[Daisimae]

i hear bestbuy gives out 'tickets' while your in line. does that mean i can show up around 12, get my ticket whenever they give them out, then go sleep in the car for a bit? or even better, go home and pick it up later?

You usually have to use the ticket before a certain time. Last year, when CC opened up at 6am, you had to check-out by 8am. The check-out lines will be looong! You are better off waiting in line, getting your item and running to the check-out line so you can get to the next store.

[phatferd]

Called a CC and spoke with the computer department. I posted this in a seperate thread, but not many people saw it and I want to help people out so I am putting it here as well.

I want to post this to answer a lot of CC and the AOL deal questions.

First he was very forthcoming with the info and when I mentioned I saw the ad he said, "It's an awesome deal isn't it!" He said in a really exciting voice too.

He answered all my questions. They will do vouchers (the other CC I contacted is as well, but they wouldn't tell me anything about the deals, just that they would do vouchers for high demand items).

The AOL rebate will work like this....The $15 a month broadband plan is a valid option and will get you the $250 rebate.

You can be an existing AOL customer to take advantage of the deal, all you'll be doing is commiting to another year with AOL.

I was so suprised at how forthcoming with the info he was that I forgot to ask how many they had.

He was also curious as to how I found out about it. He didn't care, he was just curious and thought it was really cool that people know about it.

[christmastrojan]

Does anyone know what kind of laptops fry's electronic will have on sale on bf?

[nfbsk]

Can someone with computer knowledge (not me) tell us which laptop has the best graphics card for gaming? It looks like the best buy one has some sort of ATI/Radeon card. I'm looking for something that will be able to play game like the Lord of the Rings RTS that came out last year.
Will any of these allow me to do that?
Thanks in advance for any info and good luck to you all!!:)

it is graphics by ati, but it doesn't neccessarily mean its powerful. it should be able to run the game, but possibly not as smooth. its best to check the games system requirements.

[halfdozen4me]

PRICE WARNING!! Not all Wal Marts are selling the lap top for $488. Be sure to check your local fliers. In Illinois there are two Wal Marts about 15 miles apart. One in Joliet, one is in Morris. I checked on line and saw that the Joliet store is selling the lap top for $378, while the one in Morris is $488. That's a $110 difference. Be sure and bring your sale flier with you, the store will honor the price as lonas your have the ad. Otherwise, the $378 lap top might be $488 when you get to the store. Check Wal Mart online and see what your store is selling it for. The same goes many, many of the electronic items for sale.

Come to Wisconsin and pay $632 for the Walmart Laptop! I so hate that store.... I will be taking my money elsewhere this holiday season! :2bat:

[pretweety7]

Ok, Someone pls help!! I don't have internet service now. So me going to CC to get the Laptop w/the AOL deal would be OK if I had internet service w/someone so I could get the $15/month deal right?? But since I don't do I need to sign up with someone so I can get the deal and if so what do I sign up for dial-up or broadband:grandpa:

[Just_Jill]

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=i2200BF1&s=dhs

Dell laptops for 399.00 now on the web site. It shows 499, but 100.00 mail in rebate.
Intel® Celeron® M Processor 360 (1.40 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB)

[higbee]

Looks like S& H on the dell is $49!

[roberta]

Hello Everyone:

This is my first post; I found the forum just a few days ago and can not seem to stay away from it now.

1st) I would like to thank all of you for the information I have learned about laptops over the last few days that I had no idea about. It has been priceless.

2nd) I am all set to purchase the CC Toshiba and thought: What if I wanted a laptop with a Pentium processor.

What would a deal on BF look like for a laptop with about the same specs as the CC Toshiba just with a Pentium?

3rd) Where would I find the best deal on a Pentium laptop this BF?

I started trying to put some info together with Toshiba customize and Dell customize (I am not set on any one brand of laptop) and I came up with about $1200.00. Well after looking at the $450.00 at CC that is not a deal for me

But I would still like to know from all of you experts What would a deal on a pentium process look like (how much and what specs? and where would that deal be found this BF?

Thanks again to all that have taught me more about computers than I probably ever cared to know.

[Just_Jill]

Looks like S& H on the dell is $49!

Oh well, I tried! :2wiggle:

8:14:55 AM SystemWelcome Jill
8:14:55 AM SystemConnecting to server. Please wait...
8:14:55 AM SystemThank you for using Dell Chat, a representative will be with you soon.
8:14:55 AM SystemInitial Question/Comment: Free shipping coupon code please?
8:15:07 AM SystemYou are now being connected to an agent. Thank you for using Dell Chat
8:15:07 AM SystemConnected with Mailyn
8:15:13 AM MailynWelcome to Dell Sales Chat. My name is Mailyn. I'll be your personal sales agent today. Give me one moment while I review your concern. Thanks.
8:15:21 AM Mailyn Hello Jill
8:15:23 AM YouHi mailyn
8:17:37 AM MailynHow may I assist you today?
8:17:57 AM YouI guess you are very busy today. I am looking for a coupon code to get free shipping.
8:18:12 AM MailynOn what system?
8:18:29 AMYou its a laptop we are buying
8:19:44 AM MailynOh. You can get free shipping on laptop if your order reaches $849 above before tax.
8:20:11 AM Youoh, well the one i am buying is 399. after rebate.
8:20:58 AM YouIf you don't have one, its a real deal breaker, as all the stores have laptops under 400.00 right now.
8:21:37 AM MailynWe only base our prices online.
8:22:42 AM YouYes, I understand that. So you don't have a code for free shipping for this laptop? I will take it out of my cart if that is true.
8:23:39 AM Mailyn I'm sorry, Jill. But, we don't have coupon to apply for free shipping.
8:24:05 AM You Thanks for your time then. Have a great day.
8:25:11 AMMailyn You are very welcome. Thank you for contacting Dell Sales Chat and have a great day.


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[Just_Jill]

Hello Everyone:

This is my first post; I found the forum just a few days ago and can not seem to stay away from it now.

1st) I would like to thank all of you for the information I have learned about laptops over the last few days that I had no idea about. It has been priceless.

2nd) I am all set to purchase the CC Toshiba and thought: What if I wanted a laptop with a Pentium processor.

What would a deal on BF look like for a laptop with about the same specs as the CC Toshiba just with a Pentium?

3rd) Where would I find the best deal on a Pentium laptop this BF?

I started trying to put some info together with Toshiba customize and Dell customize (I am not set on any one brand of laptop) and I came up with about $1200.00. Well after looking at the $450.00 at CC that is not a deal for me

But I would still like to know from all of you experts What would a deal on a pentium process look like (how much and what specs? and where would that deal be found this BF?

Thanks again to all that have taught me more about computers than I probably ever cared to know.

You can do pentium for 200.00 on the Dell Laptop I posted earlier today.

[pablojmartinez]

:) Just to say Hi, this is my first reply.


Thanks.
Paul

[malachitecat]

2nd) I am all set to purchase the CC Toshiba and thought: What if I wanted a laptop with a Pentium processor.

What would a deal on BF look like for a laptop with about the same specs as the CC Toshiba just with a Pentium?

3rd) Where would I find the best deal on a Pentium laptop this BF?


I was under the impression the CC laptop was a pentium, so I checked the adscan and it shows these specs:

Intel Celeron M Processor 370(I knew there was a reason I wasn't going to be buying this one)
DVD/CDRW
512 DDR2 SDRAM memory
60 GB hard drive
built-in wireless
(etc, etc)

[Delmarksman]

Just called my local CC. They said "no Vouchers", first come...
Also said that the $250 rebate applies to a 1 year commitment to AOL.
Only had 18 units in stock as of 11am today.

[savingsdude6]

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/7247/7247641_rc.jpgTOSHIBA

$2499.99

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/logos/logo_pentiumm.gif
http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/logos/logo_intelcentr.gif


to see more info on this laptop go to: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7247641&type=product&productCategoryId=cat15157&id=1115365776355

[malachitecat]

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/7247/7247641_rc.jpgTOSHIBA

$2499.99

$2499.99????? :shock: I think this defeats the whole purpose of shopping on BF to get a good laptop, relatively inexpensively.


Can someone post the link to the most updated chart for the laptops??

[mlynch3261]

Anyone know if the processor in the CC toshi is soldered? if not u can buy an M and swap it out and sell the Celery on Ebay to make up some of the difference

[keith_dude]

I was under the impression the CC laptop was a pentium, so I checked the adscan and it shows these specs:

Intel Celeron M Processor 370(I knew there was a reason I wasn't going to be buying this one)
DVD/CDRW
512 DDR2 SDRAM memory
60 GB hard drive
built-in wireless
(etc, etc)



There really is nothing wrong with the Celeron. It's entirely based off the Pentium. The only difference is 1/2 the cache is disabled. It will still perform very well.

[malachitecat]

There really is nothing wrong with the Celeron. It's entirely based off the Pentium. The only difference is 1/2 the cache is disabled. It will still perform very well.

oops, i apologize, missed the pentium/celeron difference. i'm not quite with it today, i think my blonde is really rearing it's ugly head. :confused: anyway, that's not the reason i'm not buying it.....I just don't like intel processors. had one way back and had nothing but problems with it. have had amd since then with no problems whatsoever. i'm a die hard loyal amd fan from now on.

[phatferd]

oops, i apologize, missed the pentium/celeron difference. i'm not quite with it today, i think my blonde is really rearing it's ugly head. :confused: anyway, that's not the reason i'm not buying it.....I just don't like intel processors. had one way back and had nothing but problems with it. have had amd since then with no problems whatsoever. i'm a die hard loyal amd fan from now on.

I prefer AMD, as my desktop is an AMD Athlon.

However, I don't think it's fair to base your opinion on an entire company from a bad experience with 1 product. I love AMD, but I am sure there have been some bad processors and you are lucky you just didn't get one of those or you would think AMD sucks.

I'm sure Pentium makes some solid products or there wouldn't be a market for them.

[michaelsammis]

Ok...So...Which one is the better below $400 deal for the $$$? I do not need a printer or router....Dell? walmart? Best Buy? Circuit City??? What to do?? personally, now I am leaning towards the Best Buy Tosiba?? or the Wallmart.. I do not want to pay S&H...

LET ME HEAR YA SOON!!!

[pompoko]

Pentium M combo in Centrino is good , however... I'm in to AMD Turion64

love the logo
love the 64 bit capability
love the price

BTW has Fry's BF ad come out yet?

[skylog]

I prefer AMD, as my desktop is an AMD Athlon.

However, I don't think it's fair to base your opinion on an entire company from a bad experience with 1 product. I love AMD, but I am sure there have been some bad processors and you are lucky you just didn't get one of those or you would think AMD sucks.

I'm sure Pentium makes some solid products or there wouldn't be a market for them.

i agree with everything you said.....however, i am and have been a loyal AMD for quite some time. their chips, in general, are cheaper, burn less energy, run cooler, and perform better. while there are exceptions to every rule, i do not think anyone can go wrong going with AMD, especially if you are looking to go high end/top shelf components. all of that said, that does not mean intel can not come through with some products in the future to change this, but that just has not been the case in the past couple of years. with regards to this conversation of cheap laptops, i would perfer the AMD, and will not buy intel, but at these prices if you need a laptop, i fault no one for picking up whatever they can.

good luck to all

[keith_dude]

I've had 2 pentium desktops (200 mhz and 333 celeron). My current machine is a 4 year old AMD Athlon 1.47 ghz. All 3 have been solid. I beat the heck out of all 3 of them playing games for hours on end, and have nothing bad to say about any of them.

The motherboard went bad on my AMD right when I first built it...but I replaced it and have had 3 years + of perfect operation.

[pebbles]

Ok...So...Which one is the better below $400 deal for the $$$? I do not need a printer or router....Dell? walmart? Best Buy? Circuit City??? What to do?? personally, now I am leaning towards the Best Buy Tosiba?? or the Wallmart.. I do not want to pay S&H...

LET ME HEAR YA SOON!!!

Go to Best Buy...I'm going to Circuit City ;) Actually I think the better deal is still Circuit City (sign up for aol..don't use it..save $70) 60mg hard drive and 512 mb RAM out the door.

[DaleRider]

I'd hate to see this laptop thread turn into the fanboy AMD vs. Intel debate.

In all honesty, Intel did steal the notebook thunder from AMD when the Centrino configuration of notebooks came out.....long battery life, good processor performance, etc. AMD is just starting to catch up.

Here's an interesting review from CNet about sub-$1,000 notebooks........they all seem to be fairly comparable to what is being offered on BF....a couple of sub-2GHz cpus of Celeron variety, a couple of Pentium Ms, and an AMD Turion 64 processor. All had 512 MB RAM, HDs of either 40GB or 60GB.....14" or 15" screens. Interestingly, the Turion 64 processor did worse in performance testing than the Intel variants......why? Don't know......AMD does own the Intel cpu right now in desktop performance, but Intel seems to have a leg up on AMD in notebooks.


Anyway, it was an interesting read.........and in the end, at the prices these BF doorbuster laptop are being sold for, one can't make that bad a choice from what's out there to choose from.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3121_7-6380815.html?tag=promo2

[RossMAN]

Ok...So...Which one is the better below $400 deal for the $$$? I do not need a printer or router....Dell? walmart? Best Buy? Circuit City??? What to do?? personally, now I am leaning towards the Best Buy Tosiba?? or the Wallmart.. I do not want to pay S&H...

LET ME HEAR YA SOON!!!
You are correct, Toshiba laptop @ BB is the best deal.

[angelhsent]

why is best buy a better deal ?

[RossMAN]

why is best buy a better deal ?
Because in my opinion it's a better laptop.

Either way, they're both CHEAP laptops.

[angelhsent]

both are toshiba brand right and both are intel celeron m ?

[RossMAN]

both are toshiba brand right and both are intel celeron m ?
Walmart is an HP with Sempron and Best Buy is a Toshiba with Celeron, so the answer is no.

[angelhsent]

oh I thought you were comparing circuit cit versus best buy laptops

[congahunter]

I personally think Circuit City is the better deal. you get:

1: Twice the RAM (512 MB versus 256 MB)
2: 50% bigger Hard Drive (60 gig versus 40 gig)
3: Better screen (True Brite versus regular)

All for the same price (if you do the AOL $15 per month deal). Even without the AOL deal, it's still only $70 more than the Best Buy deal.

At this point, I'm hoping to get 4 Circuit City Toshiba's. I'm bringing 3 people with me, and we'll be camping out at 12:00 am Thursday night. We'll sit in the car until we see other people show up. I'm hoping to get the AOL deal on all of them, but if I can't, I'm prepared to pay $450 + tax out the door for each of them. That deal is just too good to pass up...

[pebbles]

That's an easy one, CC laptop is a better value compared to BB's.

I'm confused

[RossMAN]

I'm confused
I can see that, allow me to clarify.

CC is the best value if you're willing to spend $450.

BB is the next best value if your limit is $399.

CC also has shorter lines than BB does.

Make sense?

[RossMAN]

oh I thought you were comparing circuit cit versus best buy laptops
Nope, sorry for the confusion. I was comparing Walmart vs BB.

[RossMAN]

I personally think Circuit City is the better deal. you get:

1: Twice the RAM (512 MB versus 256 MB)
2: 50% bigger Hard Drive (60 gig versus 40 gig)
3: Better screen (True Brite versus regular)

All for the same price (if you do the AOL $15 per month deal). Even without the AOL deal, it's still only $70 more than the Best Buy deal.

At this point, I'm hoping to get 4 Circuit City Toshiba's. I'm bringing 3 people with me, and we'll be camping out at 12:00 am Thursday night. We'll sit in the car until we see other people show up. I'm hoping to get the AOL deal on all of them, but if I can't, I'm prepared to pay $450 + tax out the door for each of them. That deal is just too good to pass up...
I totally agree.

Why do you need 3 laptops?

[keith_dude]

Yes--the CC laptop is a better deal. For $70 more, it's well worth it to get the bigger HD and more RAM. If I had a CC in my town I'd go...but the closest one is 60 miles away and I don't feel like being an hour away with the in-laws watching the kids for the night. The 2 year old is sick. Being able to get home to the kids in 5 minutes is something we need. My wife can always leave me in line and go home if she has to.

[Just_Jill]

So here I am in the Comp USA store, waiting for the moonlight madness. They only have 3 of the toshiba laptops and no voucher system! I keep trying to talk them into letting me have one, so far no go!

[RossMAN]

So here I am in the Comp USA store, waiting for the moonlight madness. They only have 3 of the toshiba laptops and no voucher system! I keep trying to talk them into letting me have one, so far no go!
Remember to logout of the forums :)

[congahunter]

I totally agree.

Why do you need 3 laptops?

I want to give them to my kids as Christmas presents. And I would like one for me too (totalling 4), lol.

[bethc24]

Since I'm in Wisconsin with the $632.00 laptop, and no one in there right mind would pay that, can I go to Walmart in Wisconsin buy the laptop at $632.00 and then bring it to a Walmart in Illinois to price adjust to $378? Hmmm...I'm pretty sure, no one will be waiting in line to pay $632 for a laptop when Best Buy and CC are so much cheaper...so there should be plenty available, and Illinois is only about 30 minutes from me....any thoughts?

[mimiman76]

http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=25&page=1

A review of "some" of BF Laptops

[Ziptar]

So is the CC BF Laptop Instore or Online or Both???


If it's online could you buy one at 5AM for instore Pickup??? :tongue1:


I was going to get the WM HP but, the CC Toshiba looks to be the better deal. Looks like I'll be in line at 11:30pm with a bottle to pee in in hand..... as the BF deals are all over the web.

Anyone else going to the CC in Port Charlotte Florida??

I just had a thought about lines.. Odds are CC lines won't be as bad. The non deal site and Tech Savvy will more than likely just looks at prices, and not Delve into comparing specs. They'll see the BB, WM, CUSA, etc all are advertising a laptop for less than $400 they'll not bother will specs and go for price so the CC BF Laptop will be on the bottom of their lists.

Anyway...

[Swim100flyy]

YEPP, OK so I went to BB today. They have this stupid always-on-top program advertizing BB, and Ctrl alt del cant touch it. To get rid of it, kill the power and right as the computer starts, push ctrl alt del. This will let you exit it. Now for my tests on the Gaming:


NOTE: THEY HAD REMOVED THE S25-1192 FROM THE SHELVES, SO I TESTED IT ON THE S25-1194 (1.4GHZ CELERON M, 512 RAM, RADEON X200 M GRAPHIC CHIP)

I tried a demo of Need For speed Underground I
- It ran at extremely fast with no lag at all.
-It ran faster than my desktop (2.6ghz processor, Nvdia FX5200 graphic card, 768 Ram)

I also tried the Halo Demo on the labtop.
-It studdered a bid loading because it was running of a cd-rw, and not from the hardrive, but once it had full started up, it ran pretty smoothly, also better than my desktop.

[lindabacker]

ok here is a question. I called my local Circuit City and was told that some of the doorbusters would be on the vouchers, but not all doorbusters will be, they would not give me any specifics as to which would be and would not be. What are the chances that the laptop and desktop will be voucher items. I'd hate to have my hubby standing in line for 6 hours for nothing and am thinking BB might be better unless I know for sure that CC will have the computers on vouchers.

[Swim100flyy]

95% guess that the computers will be ticketed.

[Ziptar]

I just had a thought about lines.. Odds are CC lines won't be as bad. The non deal site and Tech Savvy will more than likely just looks at prices, and not Delve into comparing specs. They'll see the BB, WM, CUSA, etc all are advertising a laptop for less than $400 they'll not bother will specs and go for price so the CC BF Laptop will be on the bottom of their lists.

Anyway...


Gah never Mind... just saw the Flyer.. that are advertising if for $199. It'll be a madhouse, Guess I am going at 10PM....

[Delmarksman]

NOTE: THEY HAD REMOVED THE S25-1192 FROM THE SHELVES, SO I TESTED IT ON THE S25-1194 (1.4GHZ CELERON M, 512 RAM, RADEON X200 M GRAPHIC CHIP)




So, how does that compare to the CC and BB models, other than the RAM?

I guess that thre is still also the question of wether or not the CC Tosh is online only or not.
The Rep that I spoke to mentioned nothing about that.
But then he seemed irritated that I was asking about BF stuff, period.

[Swim100flyy]

ARGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY DO PEOPLE ASK THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER, I MADE A NOOB GUIDE ALONG WITH OTHERS ON THIS. READ THE LAST 5 PAGES!!!!!

[congahunter]

95% guess that the computers will be ticketed.

My local Circuit City confirmed to me that vouchers will be handed out in line for the laptop...

[lousgirl]

another stupid question from the aussie
will the dvd rom in th BB toshiba play my region 4 dvds as well as the region 1 ones i bouhgt over here?

[samir]

Does anyone know what kind of laptops fry's electronic will have on sale on bf?
FRY's is going to have 150$ off from almost all laptops. Was there.

[Just_Jill]

Remember to logout of the forums :)
:D I did and I am back home now, charging up my laptop. They got tired of me hanging out in the store and let me take it. I also got the emachine for 89.99. :gd_purple :lolrun:

[eddie39465]

I looked at the Wal Mart sale paper and the hp laptop is listed at $488.00. Anybody got a copy of a Wal Mart sale paper with another price? Let me know.

[samir]

I looked at the Wal Mart sale paper and the hp laptop is listed at $488.00. Anybody got a copy of a Wal Mart sale paper with another price? Let me know.

We received it with 398$(no rebates)

[Hoyle1]

ours was 378 north central florida

[samir]

:D I did and I am back home now, charging up my laptop. They got tired of me hanging out in the store and let me take it. I also got the emachine for 89.99. :gd_purple :lolrun:

How much did you pay for the Toshiba? :gd_stars:

[Elsie]

ok here is a question. I called my local Circuit City and was told that some of the doorbusters would be on the vouchers, but not all doorbusters will be, they would not give me any specifics as to which would be and would not be. What are the chances that the laptop and desktop will be voucher items. I'd hate to have my hubby standing in line for 6 hours for nothing and am thinking BB might be better unless I know for sure that CC will have the computers on vouchers.


I called the CC I'm going to, in Baltimore County, MD, and the customer service rep told me the laptop will be a voucher item, the AOL rebate includes the $15 bring your own connection plan, and at the time I plan on being there (10 p.m.) I should definitely get a voucher. :)

[tmkuroda]

another stupid question from the aussie
will the dvd rom in th BB toshiba play my region 4 dvds as well as the region 1 ones i bouhgt over here?
My girlfriend who happens to be from Oz and lives temp in Ca said no it will only play your USA DVD's.

Tina

[samir]

Write something people

[Ziptar]

Write something people


This reminds me of when I was a Menonite. Every Morning Old man Yoder would get up and catch a fresh batch of Tadpoles. He would Nail the tadpoles to a board. He would hang the board on a nail on the side of his barn. No matter where it landed he would always yell the same thing.

TADPOLES! TADPOLES! TADPOLES A WINNER!!!

We all thought he was Crazy but, We had allot of growing up to do.

[samir]

This reminds me of when I was a Menonite. Every Morning Old man Yoder would get up and catch a fresh batch of Tadpoles. He would Nail the tadpoles to a board. He would hang the board on a nail on the side of his barn. No matter where it landed he would always yell the same thing.

TADPOLES! TADPOLES! TADPOLES A WINNER!!!

We all thought he was Crazy but, We had allot of growing up to do.

So..........:tongue1: :g_thumble :razz: :woot2: :gd_stars:

[DSun]

This reminds me of when I was a Menonite. Every Morning Old man Yoder would get up and catch a fresh batch of Tadpoles. He would Nail the tadpoles to a board. He would hang the board on a nail on the side of his barn. No matter where it landed he would always yell the same thing.

TADPOLES! TADPOLES! TADPOLES A WINNER!!!

We all thought he was Crazy but, We had allot of growing up to do.

I'm sorry, could you clarify for me which laptop you recommended there?

[DSun]

My nearest Walmart reports having over 10 of the doorbuster laptops....

[Ziptar]

I'm sorry, could you clarify for me which laptop you recommended there?

Yes.

[Hoyle1]

Does anyone know the specs on the free printer at Circuit City w/Laptop purchase?

[tmkuroda]

Well tomorrow I am running out and going to kmart for the Z760? Kodak camera and picking up the paper. One less thing to worry about having to fight for since I will be a CC at 1 am for the laptop:) I hope I get to sit in my car for a few warm hours ha ha ha

[BamaLuver]

Dell is now showing a notebook for $399 (after 100 rebate). Free shipping. Also comes w/free printer.

[samir]

Dell is now showing a notebook for $399 (after 100 rebate). Free shipping. Also comes w/free printer.

Somebody wrote that shipping is free if the price is higher than 800+
Read previous pages.

[ForceSith]

Hi, first time poster here, but I noticed everyone had questions on the circuit City laptop. I work for Circuit City, and here's the deal:

It's 200 dollars with the 12 years of AOL at 25 bucks a month.

HOWEVER

We were told by managment that the same 250 dollars off applies if you only get the 15 dollar a month AOL for broadband. So, the total would come to around 380 dollars for the laptop. Get it while it's there, each store is only going to have 15 laptops.

(I'm sending my mom to get me one in the morning myself)

[samir]

Hi, first time poster here, but I noticed everyone had questions on the circuit City laptop. I work for Circuit City, and here's the deal:

It's 200 dollars with the 12 years of AOL at 25 bucks a month.

HOWEVER

We were told by managment that the same 250 dollars off applies if you only get the 15 dollar a month AOL for broadband. So, the total would come to around 380 dollars for the laptop. Get it while it's there, each store is only going to have 15 laptops.

(I'm sending my mom to get me one in the morning myself)

Can you tell the exact time when your mom is going to go there. I think morning is too late.
And another thing what about the ad that says minimum 15 per store if all of them will get only 15.

[BamaLuver]

12 YEARS of AOL??

[BamaLuver]

Somebody wrote that shipping is free if the price is higher than 800+Read previous pages.

Your probably right -- am on the phone w/Dell now to see if they indicate anything differently.

[darthseller]

I don't know if this has been asked before, if it has I apologize.
Is there anyway to get out of the 12 months of AOL (to get the $250 off at CC) after you sign up???
Do they take the payment from your credit card??

[jrsins]

Local Walmart in Vestal NY have the front page of their Black Friday flyer at their register and the HP Laptop was listed for $378.00 :insane:

[samir]

I don't know if this has been asked before, if it has I apologize.
Is there anyway to get out of the 12 months of AOL (to get the $250 off at CC) after you sign up???
Do they take the payment from your credit card??

I am sure that there are no ways of getting out of 250$ off without AOL.
I think they'll take credit cards, but whatever, I am going to pay cash.

[mysschevous]

The Walmart in Newington Connecticut also has the laptop for $378.

[darthseller]

What I meant was, if I pay for the laptop and sign up for AOL at that time, then the next day is there any way to cancel AOL and stop paying them??
Maybe a little underhanded, but I just don't need AOL.