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Thunndarr · Joined: 30 Sep 2003

The asterisk, of course, refers to the fact that you have to sign up for a year of Vonage to get that price. Without the contract, you can pick it up for $299 (after $100 mail-in rebate.)

Now, how many of you would go for this? I'm halfway trying to think of how to get my hands on one and I clearly do not need a laptop. But damn, $300 bucks! That's practically disposable.

Would you buy this?

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

what about the warranty? laptops break a lot...

mytime · Joined: 15 Oct 2006

Is it possible to get it sent here to Korea?

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

My laptop, a Fujitsu I paid about 1,800 for has broken a lot. Small things. The SD card reader stopped working, one of the speakers went out, there's something loose that causes some static in the speaker, and one of my USB ports is loose. Oh, and the power supply transformer box thingy fried. Yeah! So much for Japanese quality.

Regarding mail in rebates. Lots of companies offer amazing mail in rebate deals because they find, while a rebate deal gets people to buy, only about 10% of people actually apply for the rebate. Out of those, only a percentage provide the correct information or fill out the form correctly.

rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

Was that a new laptop?

I don't know why out of the 10s of desktops that we have back home and a few notebooks, none of them broke down or has stopped working.

Even the 486DX-33 Acer that I got as my first laptop is still running Windows 95 (and no viruses).

Something tells me that you're using them as skateboards.

Thunndarr · Joined: 30 Sep 2003

If laptops do indeed break down a lot, wouldn't that be all the more reason to get a cheap one?

In any case, I'm not advocating anyone buy this particular machine, I'm just saying that I, personally, an admitted tech junkie who has never owned and still can't justify the purchase of a laptop, am considering picking one of these up.

I mean, consider what you get for $300 in the tech world these days.

I-Pod=$250
Zune=$250
PS3=$600
XBox360=$300-ish
I-station=$400?

The Compaq would have to be an incredible steaming pile of diarrhetic crap before I'd feel ripped off at that price. And it may well be. Who knows? I'm just saying, at that price, it's tempting.

Demonicat · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon

sounds really good, I've been wanting something to read .pdf books on the subway. So... WILL they ship here, or are you just teasing us?

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

If I was in America, I'd buy it. My laptop's too old & I'm looking for something to replace it.

With a DVD burner & 60GB it already beats my old laptop.

Thunndarr · Joined: 30 Sep 2003

i_teach_esl · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Location: baebang, asan/cheonan

i asked my brother to take a look at the ad (he works with computers), his response if anyone is interested:

Thunndarr · Joined: 30 Sep 2003

Look, it costs $300. Tell your brother to find a better, cheaper laptop if he can.

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

i_teach_esl · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Location: baebang, asan/cheonan

dimnd · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA

virtual number can be used anywhere u want..my friend is in nevada..her daughter is a single parent in wisconsin..so she chose a wi number so her daughter can call locally..without the l/d charge

voicemail, caller id ..and free unlimited long distance for 24.95..and I didn't have a contract or buy the laptop..I did it so I wouldnt have to pay all the taxes with local phone company..This vonage is brought everywhere with me in the world and hooks up into a router with mypc

hanguker · Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Location: Korea

If its too good to be true...