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Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by Jimmy » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:27 am

Has anyone been looking for laptops and know of any good deals locally? Beckys computer crashed this morning so she's looking to pick up a new one and I haven't been looking into computers for at least 2 years so I'm not up to date on what I should be looking for.

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Re: Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by Jimmy » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:30 am

Oh, and she wouldn't be looking for anything crazy - just something on the low end is fine.

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Post by mr x » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:30 am

Crashed as in smashed?
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. :wtf:

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Post by mr x » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:30 am

Low end as in $$$?
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. :wtf:

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Re: Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by Jimmy » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:31 am

Yeah - I'd say the $500 range

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Post by mr x » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:32 am

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/staples- ... m-1328701/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by adams81 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:43 am

Not local but ships quick and usually has some great deals.

http://www.newegg.ca

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Post by gyorke » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:57 am

Got this in my inbox from Costco. Not sure where this fits in the spectrum of performance but it seemed pretty good to me.
http://m.costco.ca/Toshiba-Satellite%E2 ... 42670.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by Becky » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:20 am

mr x wrote:Crashed as in smashed?
Just up and died on me. I seem to have that effect on my electronics... :(

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Re: Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by mr x » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:26 am

Nash is pretty good at fixing those things.
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Re: Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by Jimmy » Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:26 pm

Thanks for the help guys. She ended up going with one similar to the one you posted x.

http://www.staples.ca/en/HP-156-Laptop- ... CA_1_20001" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The one from Costco looks nice, but it's not available in-store.

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Re: Good deal on laptop locally?

Post by Jimmy » Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:33 pm

Oh, and for $20 we picked up a 2.5" SATA enclosure and popped the hard drive from the old laptop in it - all files were saved! :cheers:

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