Klownicle Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Isn't the eMachine at WalMart better than this though?Honestly, if theres any crap brand, its eMachine. Thats about as LOW as you can go. Especially a eMachine Laptop. They barely produce any laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmiess Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Isn't the eMachine at WalMart better than this though?Anything is better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mferg Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I'm new to the site and to black friday in general. This item has the "early bird" symbol and says it's only available for a limited time. Can anyone clarify that for me, i.e., what times it will be available? Thanks, and happy shopping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmiess Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Honestly, if theres any crap brand, its eMachine. Thats about as LOW as you can go. Especially a eMachine Laptop. They barely produce any laptops.eMachine's=Gateway=Acer. I'll take a Acer laptop over a HP any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmiess Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I'm new to the site and to black friday in general. This item has the "early bird" symbol and says it's only available for a limited time. Can anyone clarify that for me, i.e., what times it will be available? Thanks, and happy shopping!Best buy stores open at 5am on Friday and depending on where you live, you may need to wait in line for approx 12-36hrs. You'll get a ticket for any "doorbuster" items like this laptop and I believe you have until 1pm to claim any item you have a ticket for and if you don't, it will go back out on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mferg Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuggaD Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 eMachine's=Gateway=Acer. I'll take a Acer laptop over a HP any day!Maybe we've been lucky, but our family has had an HP laptop and 2 eMachines desktops for 3 years now and we've never had any trouble with them. I have however had lots of trouble with Gateways and the Acer I bought also 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmiess Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Thank you!No problem, good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmiess Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Maybe we've been lucky, but our family has had an HP laptop and 2 eMachines desktops for 3 years now and we've never had any trouble with them. I have however had lots of trouble with Gateways and the Acer I bought also 3 years ago.I've had a few emachines desktops form BB BF sales and they've worked great for $150-$190 pc's. I was impressed that they had such high quality components in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad2trips Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 My Best Buy is a smaller size store and the manager told me last night they have 10 of these laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine1 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I don't see it in the ad that was in our paper? Are these going to be available at every BB store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riven3d Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Its not in the ad its one of those secret add-on sale items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine1 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Thanks for the quick reply. I would have been totally upset if I had stood in line for hours and it wasn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle_cols_oh Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I was panicking...it isn't in my ad either. I have to put GottaDeal.com on my list of things to be thankful for this year!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klownicle Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 eMachine's=Gateway=Acer. I'll take a Acer laptop over a HP any day!Just becuase HP makes a Compaq doesn't make it as good as a Product. Put it this way. If you are compareing the line here, you list eMachine as the lowest line. Which... *drumroll* it is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sracer Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 As someone who lives on computers (software developer of over 30 years) my own personal experience mirrors the consensus everyone here.... that there are no clear-cut better or worse machines. I've had higher end HP dv9000 die within 6 months. I've had numerous Dell machines go casters-up as well. The only consistently good machines that I've seen have been the BF specials (regardless of maker)... eMachine, HP, Compaq, Acer, Gateway, and Toshiba. All that those systems needed were a RAM upgrade. Obviously YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitress07419 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Okay, the new laptop at $197 stated earlier not in stores and coming soon... me poor peepers are being held open by really good blu-ray movies I haven't seen in a while ( highly recommend Man of Honor) now, BB, for all that is Holy, I've been very very good this year - RELEASE THE BLASTED THING SO I CAN GET SLEEP! Happy Holidays ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arci122 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Heard it may only be in store.....waiting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitress07419 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 URRRGH! Now it's in store only...zzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZone Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 it said in store only on tbe 'web flyer'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackFrdayVet Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 got me 3 of these.. well one for me and two for my brothers.. i think this was the most successful BlackFriday ever. got everything i want and from walmart also.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitress07419 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Good For You BlackFrdayVet - Love the name! I was so hoping to get everything I wanted/needed online ... alas, poor planning on my part left me one item short-LOL! I know the web flyer said "in store" but when that laptop was pulled up on the website it said "not avail. in store and coming soon" since I got the rest of the much needed doorbusters I thought ... maybe ... certainly ... just one more little ol' item...Wrong - now, I just gotta wait for next weekend and see what BB get in -lol...Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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