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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152048 Apparently this burner works with just about all laptops. Supports DVD+ and DVD- at 8X speed as well as DVD DL at 4X speed. I'm thinking of ordering one for my Toshiba...

Hey guys...I got the Toshiba from CC and then got home and purchased this from neweggg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820208312 Its a 1GB stick of DDR2 533mHZ memory. Total: $73.82 shipped with a $10 MIR. I can put that in my Toshiba with the 512 to make the total memory 1.5GB, correct? I can do it without any problems, right?

Ummm, the BF Toshiba's at BB and CC have the radeon chipset too with the same graphics card as the HP, so there goes that argument.

The HP PSC 1410 is $79.99 most places, but WalMart has the same one, with an exclusive model number for $49.99. WalMart's is the PSC 1401, its exactly the same as the 1410.

Actually I just poped off the cover of my CC Toshiba laptop. The 2 DIMM slots are right on top of each other...not under the keyboard? You might wanna re-look

If the ad stated 1 $60 and 2 $30 then thats what you should get. Look at the address / offer numbers for the $30 rebate slips, are they different? Should be...

Well I had Thanksgiving dinner with my family up there but I live in Orlando. Thats the exact location I was talking about!

Hey guys. I wanted to post my horrible experience at Circuit City. I wrote this up as a generic story, so most of you know what's going on but it doesn't change the contents. ----------------------------------------------------------- Gather round friends! I'm going to tell you the tale of a boy, his search for a laptop computer, and the hassle one corporation gave him to sell it as it's advertised price. Little Background: The Friday after Thanksgiving is known to the retail market as Black Friday. It's supposed to be the busiest shopping day of the year and signaling the start of the official holiday season. It's also the day where major retail chains sell products at well-below cost to get you to shop at their stores first. This season, the hottest items were Laptop computers for under $400. Wal*Mart advertised one model for $378 while Best Buy advertised $379, all out the door prices. Circuit City advertised a slightly better laptop for $199 - with a catch. The catch is that you have to sign up for a year of AOL at either their $23.90 a month plan or the $14.95 no-dialup plan. If you do this, the Laptop will be $199 out the door. To actually take part in these deals, one must line up in front of the store hours and hours before the store even opens. Cut to Adam driving to Orlando from Gainesville. I had planned to camp out in front of Circuit City with a few friends to purchase the laptop. I was driving in from out of town and had planned to show up around 11pm. With the laptops in short supply (each store getting at least 15, possibly a little more) I had to line up early. After a call came in that said there were about 50 people already in line, I decided to skip home and head right to another Circuit City. At around 10PM I get in line at a different CC. I start asking around, and realize I'm number 19 in line for the laptop. It worried me because I didn't know exactly how many they had, all I knew was they had 15. Fast forward a few hours to 4:30AM. The manager of the store arrives and lets everyone know that they 27 laptops available. Score! So I grab a voucher for the laptop (19 of 27) and that guarantees me my computer. 5AM: The doors open. There is your usual mad rush, but the people that are purchasing the laptops have a separate register they need to use - so we can sign up for AOL. Immediately after the store opens, the AOL system crashes. An associate lets us know what the deal is and they were on the phone with AOL to fix them problem. Fair enough. Fast forward to 3 hours later - about 8AM. The line is still there and not a single person has been checked out. The AOL system was starting to work intermittently, and they decided to try it. After 2 or 3 people, the AOL system stops accepting the $14.95 plan. People start to get rowdy. The managers (there were 2) never once came to talk to the crowd about the situation. He sent an associate to tells us that we can only sign up for the $23.90 plan, something that no one was going to do, so the small crowd of about 30 or so starts to get loud. 2 more hours go by and no one is checked out yet. The manager hasn't said a word to anyone, but the associate is trying to keep us calm (and doing a good job of it). A local news station got wind of what was going down inside and came to investigate. After they setup their camera inside, the associate comes to us and says that we are going to get the laptop for $199 and ignore AOL. The crowd cheers. 5 minutes later, he comes back and tells us that we'd still get it for $199 but we need to sign up with AOL (which, if you read what I said above is exactly the same deal we expected at 5AM, just worded differently) By this time, the crowd was growing very tired. Most have been in line for 12-14 hours already (including me), been awake for more then 24 hours and haven't eaten anything all day. We weren't allowed to leave the store, or the laptop would be sold to someone else. We just wanted to get it over with, so the associate checks us out 1 at a time - keeping in mind that AOL takes roughly 15 minutes a person to sign up for. While all of this was going on, neither manager still had yet to address the crowd, or at the very least apologize for wasting our time, let alone compensate us for the now-6 hour checkout process. 4 or 5 people have now skipped work to be there and the manager didn't care. Here is where my story gets interesting. I finally get checked out around 1PM (after being in the store for 8 hours, plus the 7 hours standing outside) I paid for my laptop, accessories and go and pick it up. The pickup counter says that I still need to pay $99 to pick up the laptop. What the ****? The manager (who is very much not on anybodys good side right now) proceeds to tell me that the remaining laptops all have Antivirus / Spyware pre-installed for $99 extra. I told him there was not a single piece of paper in the store that said that, and that it was an option. He told me it's either $99 more or they can refund the entire price of my purchase, my choice. I told him what he was pulling was a "bait and switch" - which is a highly illegal business practice, especially after I've paid for all my merchandise. He still doesn't budge and keeps telling me that this is all he has. I asked to speak to his supervisor, then he said there is no one above him because he is the store director. I said that is bullshit, because everyone has a supervisor and I wanted to talk to his immediately. He gave me the number to the corporate office so I called them. Luckily they had gotten wind of this situation earlier (because people had already called AND the news story aired on the 12 o'clock afternoon news) and they asked to speak to the store manager. He then hung up, and told me that the extra software installed will be no charge and to consider it a gift from Circuit City. I chucked at the word "gift" and walked out of the store, but not before running into the last 4 people behind me in line. Apparently I had purchased the last laptop and there were none left for the other 4 people. They were more livid then I was but I just wanted out of there so I never got to see how Circuit City resolved that situation. One of the ladies was the 2nd person in line from the night before and she left without her laptop. Bottom Line: I understand computer glitches happen. Hell, I work with them every day but what got most people upset was the way the Circuit City management took care of the situation. Not once did any manager address the angry crowd. Not once did he apologize for the inconvenience. When I told him he should get us donuts, coffee, anything because we were here for 14 hours, he looked at me and said "I don't think so." Not once were we offered a chair, refreshments, or any answers. When asked about how we were going to be compensated for spending 7 hours just to pay for our merchandise, he said our compensation is "getting a great deal on a good laptop". The management at Circuit City does NOT care about customer service at all, and it's because of that reason that I urge every one of you to think twice about shopping at this retail chain. Any deal you get there isn't worth the hassle you'll be faced with. Any questions? I'd love to answer them. Leave a comment.

It comes with WiFi built-in! No need to buy any other cards.

I just bought the one at Wal-Mart for $50. It's the HP PSC1401 and it's not too bad, but the ink tanks are fairly low on quantity. Circuit City has one for $60 after MIR right now.

Is the free router and all in one printer after rebates or instant or what?

I still haven't decided if I'm going to Best Buy or Circuit City on Black Friday, but I am too in Orlando. Which store were you talking about? Theres a brand spanking new one that opened this week in Waterford Lakes!

Hey (again!) I live in Orlando and I've done BF the last 2 years...they do give tickets. At least the one on Colonial by Fashion square does! Also, haven't heard back from the WalMart girl yet :-/ She wasn't even aware about the different prices (398/488) so we'll see what happens.

I can't seem to find it either? I check all of the bigger Black Frday sites and see no mention of it. What's the deal peeps?

Make your total laptop memory 1.25GB for $83 shipped! Link $79 + $4 USPS shipping. This is for 1GB DDR2 PC4200 memory.

Funny you mention this. My good buddies and I have made it a tradition for the last 3 years. We like to camp out in front of Best Buy, bring chairs, a grill, hot dogs, sodas, one year we brought a TV, monopoly or some other board game. Its like tailgating! I like the experience more so then the actual event! :-P