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Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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Name: j1mm3h
Date: January 2, 2008 at 13:48:54 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?
OS: XP pro
CPU/Ram: P4 1.3/540mb
Model/Manufacturer: Hp pavilion 7960

Comment:

Hey, I kind of been away from computers so I really dont know whats fast and whats not. So basically, is this a good deal for what it offers or not? and is it a good deal? also I see that is refurbished but it's ok with me, sort of. I will just be using it mostly for Internet and some games. I just got kind of tired of my current one. It is almost 7 years old and it just lags alot. Thanks for the feedback in advanced.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206209091&adid=17653&dcaid=17653

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: January 2, 2008 at 14:32:40 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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Beginning Jan 10th, Office Depot is having a 3-day only sale. One of the items is an eMachines with similar specs (A64 X2 4000+, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, DVD burner, Vista Home Premium) for just $250 after $100 rebate (monitor not included).
Here's the Ad Scan:
http://a.slickdeals.net/attachment....

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Response Number 2

Name: OtheHill
Date: January 2, 2008 at 14:52:34 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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Those slimline cases are a problem. In the future if you wish to install an add in graphics card you may run into problems due to height.

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Response Number 3

Name: j1mm3h
Date: January 2, 2008 at 17:33:15 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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Thanks for the feedback guys. Yeah I see that it will be hard to upgrade further down the line but for that price? Emachines huh, I'll take a look at that. Any further feedback is highly welcomed, thanks.

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Response Number 4

Name: jam
Date: January 2, 2008 at 18:09:17 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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The eMachines uses standard replacement/upgrade parts, such as a video card or power supply. The same can't be said about that HP. Plus the eMachines is over $100 cheaper.

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Response Number 5

Name: OtheHill
Date: January 2, 2008 at 18:09:44 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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I was referring to the HP slimline computer. I didn't look at the Emachines unit.
BTW, jam's link doesn't seem to be working.

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Response Number 6

Name: jam
Date: January 2, 2008 at 18:34:19 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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See if this one works:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showth...
Open the OD1.PDF file...the eMachines deal is on page 4

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Response Number 7

Name: OtheHill
Date: January 2, 2008 at 18:39:19 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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jam, that one works.

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Response Number 8

Name: jam
Date: January 2, 2008 at 19:06:14 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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Just had a closer look. It seems that the CPU is an Athlon 64 (single core), not an X2 (dual core)?

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Response Number 9

Name: OtheHill
Date: January 2, 2008 at 19:13:59 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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That is still a good deal.

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Response Number 10

Name: jam
Date: January 2, 2008 at 21:18:36 Pacific
Subject: Good deal or no good deal?

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The model number appears to be T3642 & it's listed at the Office Depot site under SKU 380415, but it's not listed at the eMachines site.

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