so im leaving at 3am to go to circuit city..

[Sephroth57]

going to be buying this:   Link

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Could that freaking URL be any looooooonger?

Anyhow, be sure to keep body fluids under control when using it, as they may cause permanent damage to the machine.


mrC

[mr.Curmudgeon]

"Celeron

[Jabba]

Holy Crap!

Price was: $9999.99
You save: -$9550.00
You pay: $449.99
 

(Click on the Sale in Cart button)

Never knew a Toshiba notebook was $9999.

And man, thats one help of a discount... 

[Sephroth57]

"Celeron

[SOAPboy]

Walmart
399.99
2800 Sempron HP laptop

Way better deal

[AtomSmasher]

you could also just buy off dell.com and get basically the same notebook for the same price without waiting in a long line.

[SOAPboy]

you could also just buy off dell.com and get basically the same notebook for the same price without waiting in a long line.

Cheapest at dell is 399 and its nowhere near as nice..

[Sephroth57]

yeah so im back, i got there at 330 and there were already people around the building in a line. they handed out vouchers and only like the first 100 people got laptop vouchers it was BS. it was going to be my christmas present from my mom/grandpa but theyre pissed that happened so im probably going to get a better one now on the bright side...

[Bones]

You should have got there heaps early. You could have scalped some tickets.

[missioncontrol]

side scrolling threads makes baby jesus cry 

[Sephroth57]

doesnt scoll on my comp, up your resolution =p

[grueinthebox]

doesnt scoll on my comp, up your resolution =p

I still get a scrollbar (albeit a small one) at 1600x1200 with the browser maximized...  Of course, running a browser maximized at that resolution impacts readability (too few line breaks), so it's not something that I could understand wanting to do.

Bummer on the notebook.  I was considering going up to Best Buy to get the $379 Toshiba there, but knew I'd need to get there around 10-11pm to have a chance at getting one.  Talked myself out of spending the money, which had the side benefit of allowing me to get a good night's sleep in my nice warm bed.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Best Buy is getting so screwed right now...their website hasn't been able to take orders for over a week now (you can't even browse the inventory), and it's still down TODAY, on Black Friday!

I can't imagine the millions in online sales they're missing. Read an article somewhere stating they were having server issues. Damn, what kind of server issues keep a huge retailer like Best Buy offline during the busiest sales season of the year?


mrC

[saint]

Got in line at our Best Buy at 2 AM. Got 3 of the $150 computers for various people. We were like 45th in line at that time...

[missioncontrol]

doesnt scoll on my comp, up your resolution =p

well up yours too then

[forbiddenlyrics]

I went to my circuit city at 8:30 thursday and there were already people waiting. When voucher time came we were 2nd in line and got a laptop but it took 3 hours in the store just to buy the thing. Overall it was very frustrating due to their poor checkout system.

[shmokes]

I shop at Dell's website A LOT.  I buy maybe a dozen computers from them a year, as well as various other things like PDAs, projectors, cameras, printers, etc.  Their site is down or having serious problems a good 10% of the time and this is something that has been going on for at least a year or two.  I swear to god their website is being run by the same people running MySpace.  I always wonder, when I visit their website and get a 404 page, or when I'm already at their website and click a link and get a 404 page and suddenly can't view anything on the Dell.com domain for the next twenty minutes, how many people go to Dell's website intending to buy a computer only to end up with a Gateway because Dell's site wouldn't pull up.  You'd think that a company with no B&M presence whatsoever would have a more reliable site.

Sorry.  I don't know WTF this has to do with anything.

[ChadTower]

Nyeh, I just don't see the point in waiting 5 hours, on a sidewalk, in 20 degree weather to get a laptop cheaply. 

I don't need the top of the line model that badly.

[Sephroth57]

well chad we all know your stance on technology, your version of a laptop is a pen and paper =p

[ChadTower]

Actually, I have a laptop, probably about 18-24 months old.

The trick is to stay far enough beind the cost curve but close enough that you can use technology for things that are actually necessary.

[Scott84]

Actually, I have a laptop, probably about 18-24 months old.

The trick is to stay far enough beind the cost curve but close enough that you can use technology for things that are actually necessary.

So very true.

[ChadTower]

I think the disparity is age based, and based on a differing perception of what is really necessary.

A 20 year old considers a cell phone an absolute necessity.

A 30 year old may still think "I lived for 25 years without a cell phone just fine."

[allroy1975]

A 30 year old may still think "I lived for 25 years without a cell phone just fine."

But I don't think that.

I got my laptop for about 1000 in july.  HD display, card readers, gig of memory, dvd burner, 80211g.  all kinds of stuff.  I love it.  it weighs about 50 lbs. but it does all kindsa stuff so I like it.

Allroy

[Sephroth57]

nope its just you chad, now go play virtual boy and dream about bangin my mom

[ChadTower]

dream about bangin my mom

Hell no, I hate bringing my work home with me.

[knuttz]

My Girlfriend, her mom, and I got to wal-mart at 2:45 on Black Friday.  We were sixth, seventh, and eighth in line for the laptops.  We each got a laptop for $404 after tax.    We plan to sell two of them on ebay for hopefully $560 plus shipping and have a nearly free laptop.