Black Friday online sales on laptops

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Crow
Gold Member
where do you live?

I know of:

Microcenter
Frys
Best Buy
Newegg
Overstock
Ebay
Tiger Direct
Microsoft Store
HP/Dell/Lenovo/Asus official websites.
 

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Crow
Gold Member
All of those stores ship for free. My best bet is on ebay: deals.ebay.com

Microcenter runs better deals than TD.

My biggest issue is finding a laptop I actually like.
 

TheThinker

Sparrow
My 15" HP HDX 16 laptop from 2009 has been dying a slow death for about 2 years so looking to replace with a black friday deal.

I've done a decent bit of homework and as much as I don't have a lot of respect or experience with Toshiba, I'm planning to grab the one below and throw in an ssd.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/toshiba...gold/6129127.p?id=1219191180245&skuId=6129127

Will be on sale for $699 next Thursday. Any better deals on 15" laptops (not Apple)?
 

speakeasy

Peacock
Gold Member
I'm picking up this Asus netbook on Black Friday, the price is going to drop to $99. Been needing to replace my 2009 Netbook for some time, it's barely functioning.

http://www.staples.com/Asus-X205TA-11-6-HD-Laptop/product_1387726

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TheThinker

Sparrow
Thanks, yeah I saw that deal and might pick one up as a gift or for travel. I usually try to find the best deal I can on something that will last me a number of years, hence while I still have a Galaxy S2 and a HP latop from 2009, both still working.

I'm really digging the Toshiba Satellite Radius 15" with the i7 and 8GB ram, and more than likely gonna grab it for a good deal at $699. I have some new ssd's at the house I bought so hoping it wont be a bitch to replace (not as simple as a HP). That config should last me a while, I hope.
 

getdownonit

Kingfisher
Gold Member
It seems like it would be great to pick up a variety of brand new electronics at Black Friday prices and bring them on a trip to sell. I know there's an old, underused thread on this but what are the best countries for one looking to resell electronics?

Argentina and Brazil come to mind. How about elsewhere in LA? Or Asia?
 

Meadowlark

Hummingbird
Gold Member
Consider a Windows 8 tablet, with a quad core Atom processor in all of them and 2 GB RAM, Windows 8 runs pretty fast. They're also usable with a USB dock.

Some of the 1GB RAM models are on sale for less than $100, the 2 GB ones for less than $200. There also bigger screen 10" models for less than $500 that have keyboard docks.
 

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Crow
Gold Member
komatiite said:
I need a new laptop too but I am too scared to learn how to use the new Excel, I am set in my ways with the old school version!

It's not that different dude, most of the old functions are in their same place.

The UI looks more modern though.

Hah, it brings out their more unknown functions to light. I had "oh shit, this exists?!" moments.
 

TheThinker

Sparrow
I went ahead and pullled the trigger on what I think is a pretty good deal on a nice laptop saving $200.

I stopped into Best Buy last night to make sure it was what I wanted and there were 10 people already in line outside 24 hours before the store opened for Black Thursday (with tents and heaters), so I'm glad to grab this in 10 minutes without leaving the house.

If you need an upgrade, grab one of these and toss in a ssd.

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TheThinker

Sparrow
My advice is somewhat limited beccuse I don't have experience using Adobe creative suite, but I image you would need at least 8GB ram and an i5 or i7 processor with a decent graphics card and a ssd wouldn't hurt .

In terms of standard, I've always owned 15" laptops and don't enjoy using anything much smaller than a 14" so again I haven't researched those.

Depending on what you want to spend, I would look at these 3 (with last 2 being standard size to me).

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-...lver/1817254.p?id=1219065404810&skuId=1817254

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-envy...lver/9197004.p?id=1219398342077&skuId=9197004

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-envy...lver/5831009.p?id=1219163972156&skuId=5831009

I'll post some others if I find decent deals.
 

game_ethic

Kingfisher
^ Bruh, those specs are crazy. Speakeasy, I ran the Adobe Creative Suite software fine on my old laptop(4GB ram, quad-core amd processor) which ran me around $300-400. I'd suggest getting a laptop with >4GB ram and a good intel(anywhere from i3-i5 will do) processor, which will probably run you $300-500.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-in...8733863&pid=1219364751493&pcatId=abcat0502000 This one is on sale for $299 and its more than capable of running whatever you throw at it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavi...9065377&pid=1219389051972&pcatId=abcat0502000 Even better
 
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