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Compaq - No.

C2D in 2010 or 2011 hell no.

 

Wait for thanks giving u will get better deal. Try Dell outlet and jack up warranty to 3 years.

 

I ordered Dell Studio XPS in 750$ core i7 for my friend from outlet.

 

Whats your budget?

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No way, compact sucks. You could probably find better deals at bestbuy ect lol. Like daredevil said, "whats your budget" and what are you looking for in a laptop.

 

you will never find a good deal in retail stores.

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you will never find a good deal in retail stores.

 

I found a Gateway Amd triple core 2.1ghz ati 5650 for $730 at Bestbuy (Didn't buy it though), my brother the other week bought a dell for $430 with 2.2ghz duel with ati 4350, it's just about looking around and waiting for dem deals :lol:

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500 is the limit. of course any less would be better :lol:

 

i have been looking at newegg, fryes, overstock and buy.com

 

@ dare -- thats a good idea about waiting for thanksgiving -- better deals then.

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500 is the limit. of course any less would be better :lol:

 

i have been looking at newegg, fryes, overstock and buy.com

 

@ dare -- thats a good idea about waiting for thanksgiving -- better deals then.

 

this is the best one ive found so far

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220758

 

3Blackmajic

You could get something so much better than that gateway for the same money

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115857

i5 with 420M vid card.

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+1 Thanksgiving

 

Stay the hell away from Best buy, their return policies are terrible

 

Newegg usually has killer deals around Thanksgiving.

 

Dell usually has some good deals going around then also

 

Double check the pricing for the amount of RAM included vs. upgraded on your own if you custom order from Dell.

 

Don't buy a laptop below $700 and expect any kind of decent performance for gaming.

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this is the best one ive found so far

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220758

 

3Blackmajic

You could get something so much better than that gateway for the same money

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115857

i5 with 420M vid card.

 

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668725.php

 

Old gateways suck, new ones are fine and look good. The 5650 is a little better then the 420m and the i5 is duel, the Phenom is 3. I will admit best buy isn't the best but if you're not willing to do online stuff (newegg) it's an alright option.

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this is the best one ive found so far

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220758

 

3Blackmajic

You could get something so much better than that gateway for the same money

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115857

i5 with 420M vid card.

I am on a asus ul80. have one hdd with ubuntu 10.4 and another hdd with windows 7 professional. i love it. i am poor too, just throwing in some love for the ul models.

 

only negative thing is in the BIOS you have to select what card to use, and i can't use the cd that came with the laptop, since i upgraded to win7pro. the graphics driver is a bit of an issue if you don't use the cd it comes with, because nvidia detects the wrong one, and if you install the G 210m directly from nvidia's site, or from Asus site, so far i can't get it to detect the card and it won't intsall. if you have no plan/desire to upgrade from a home version, i would say grab it.

 

just my two cents.

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http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668725.php

 

Old gateways suck, new ones are fine and look good. The 5650 is a little better then the 420m and the i5 is duel, the Phenom is 3. I will admit best buy isn't the best but if you're not willing to do online stuff (newegg) it's an alright option.

 

 

i5 will blow phenom out of the water.

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AMD Phenom II N830 Triple-Core Benchmark = 1,942

Intel Core i5 M 460 benchmark = 2,574

 

the 420m or ati 5650 really only need 4.2ghz to run at their max performace which both offer, it's mostly just on looks lol. I only have a 2.2 duel core and run 95% of my games with the cpu hitting a max of 80% except Sc2 "Marine arena 1 mod" lol but thats over kill.

 

Mines AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M500 = 1,319 lololol

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