ASUS 16GB $249 Black Friday Doorbuster at BB -- Will Amazon Match the Deal?
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I doubt it. I read that the BB deal is a scaled down, different version of the TF.
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Loooks like Asus is coming back to earth.With competitin fro Acer Aspire one they first tried $50.00 rebate on 901 which probably did not work now they dropped price by $100 on 900 and 1000 series and $50 on 16 G linux 900.They had priced these things unreasonably high.But still Acer aspire one 160 gb XP is still a better deal.
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The specs on Amazon say ... "Compliant with PCI-Express 2.0 Base Specification"
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AP- I hope you are wrong but that is a good explaination. I notice that both Frys and Amazon are "sold out" while other stores such as CompUSA show they have them on the shelf. I'd rather wait for Amazon to buy this through. I'm a long time Amazon customer and they have yet to let me down on any item. That kind of customer service will keep me waiting for Samsung to work it all out. It's nothing I'm going to lose sleep over. But..interesting post nonetheless!
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Just ordered mine today (6/15), sure wish there was SOME ETA as my old HP laptop is on the fritz. I can't believe the deal on this thing, almost $1000.00 off the HP price. I wonder if the price has something to do with the lack of ETA? Anyways, here's to hoping there will be some ETA soon. PS: I did call Amazon before I ordered, they had no ETA =(
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Edward,You're very welcome. I ordered it straightly from Amazon one week and a half ago when it was $949. General impression about it - I love it! It is super fast. My previous laptop was based on Core 2 Duo (2 GB RAM) and the difference in speed is very noticeable.
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Technically : YES... but what room will you have left? sounds like a 256 is in order. not to mention they have come down to sub 100 prices as of lately.
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Just bought today at Best Buy -- $1199. Lenovo.com has it for 1139, BB price matches any retail price. (Amazon Prime [sold by Amazon], Lenovo.com, etc.)
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got it! is defintely the 4000- not 3000 as amazon posts- I remembered I could check using advanced settings under display:) just took me a bit to find it- just to let you know I am very happy with my Asus:)
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I just talked to an Amazon rep.. they told me they pulled the recalls immediately and reassured me that they are only selling those with a new chip. I sure hope they are right. I am about to hit the buy button on a new Asus laptop.
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That's the Black Friday price for Best Buy. Still waiting to see if Amazon matches it.
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The 5400rpm Best Buy's (NP700Z5B-W01UB) model HDD was a deal breaker for me. Besides Amazon's tax savings offset the price difference, so you get all 4 additional features (7200 HDD, 8G SSD, backlit keyboard, better video) for about $100 considering shipping and the current $150-$200 price difference. However the mention of the 5400rpm drive in S03 (and I'm sure S04) models made me think again. It's gotta be some difference with S01/S02 and the drive seems to be it. Another thing that one reviewer (of the S04) confirmed is that the 8G SSD is indeed proprietary tech (built into and inseparable from the HDD) and thus unavailable as a separate drive letter. I use Linux as my primary OS, so I don't care about Windows startup or IE speed. I don't think Linux would pick up the SSD at all. Which makes me go back to the stripped down Best Buy model. I'd simply swap its slow HDD with a full-size (256G+) SSD which can be had for $300 nowadays. I can live w/o the backlit keyboard and as far as the less capable video card, it's a business notebook, not a water-cooled gaming rig anyway.
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Wow, they've got it on newegg now, nice. I'm half tempted to just go with them since I trust newegg so much but I would end paying 40 dollars more. I'll give buy.com until tomorrow and if it hasn't shipped by then I might switch again. I'm so ready to have this laptop in my hands. First thing I want to do is test it for gaming on the go. It seems like the perfect combination of graphics and battery life.
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Well shipments started March 4, I just got mine through Ebay and have to say this laptop will make those Alienware fans hate you for having such an awesome laptop for a cheaper price than theirs. Also through Ebay you can use the Bing.com Cashback program and save $165.00 off the $1695.99 price for the A1 and $127 off the $1595.99 for the A2.
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yup, i guess they increased the price since its only newegg and amazon that has this laptop, plus amazon takes "2 to 4 weeks" to ship, so newegg took that as an opportunity to make some extra profit ( bastards)i cant afford to wait that long tho :(amazon might end up getting my extra $50... sigh...although... a friend of mine placed an order for this laptop from amazon... two weeks ago.. and he got it last week friday...so i guess it could take a lesser time than amazon claims it would.
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Yesterday, Amazon changed the status of this product to "In Stock". I pulled the trigger and ordered the ASUS. I was notified this morning via e-mail that the laptop had been shipped. I am looking forward to its arrival.
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Yep, I'd really like to order from Amazon at the NewEgg price! AMAZON, C'MON! 129.99 for the 128GB!