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Compaq Presario C793VU 15" Notebook: Celeron 2.13 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 120GB HDD, DVDRW, Vista $488

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Compaq Presario C793VU 15" Notebook: Celeron 2.13 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 120GB HDD, DVDRW, Vista $488
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SomeGuyOnOzB on 04/09/2008 - 22:24 jbhifi.com.au (436 clicks)

After $150 cashback, from JB HiFi; ran out of room in title.

Edit - One of the guys reports that:
- Retravision is selling it
- for $50 less than JB HiFi
- you can ask for a $500 resort cheque too
- see terms & conditions for confirmation on the resort cheque
- I think it's $500 towards the cost of holidays at set locations …
- you cannot say, pay 100% of your stay using a resort cheque, I think it's more like 20 or 40%

This is a cash back deal meaning:
- you pay more up front
- can get more points if you use a credit card
- have to fill out a cashback application
- have to wait for the cashback to get to you
It's a trade off

Top left picture on that page. Compaq Pressario C793VU 15" widescreen notebook, Intel Celeron 2.13 GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB (possibly SATA) HDD, DVDRW, Vista Basic, 3 USB, 1 memory card slot (accepts SD among others).

It's a relatively inexpensive notebook that looks very nice.

This is a standard notebook, single core, so it's meant for people wanting an optical drive, and/or a large screen. Note it does come with Vista Basic.

If you have XP you can dual boot it, but you might want to do some research first. I'm having problems getting one of the post XP SP3 patches to install, had to turn off SATA support (XP doesn't contain SATA drivers on the installation disc), and I would have hoped for more and much better drivers from Compaq Pressario (monitor driver, when I finally located it only draws 1280 pixels wide, for XP, and this is a widescreen 15.4").

Note: I am not a dual boot expert. I've just been hacking around using info off the web.

Computing 15.4inch Compaq Computer Laptop

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  • cyssero on 04/09/2008 - 23:19

    This is a good price, but the retail on the unit is only $649 which means it's just a saving of $11. Officeworks will immediately be able to beat it by 5%, and Bing Lee have been known to do it for closer to $600 (less $150). Still a good deal though, but better deals can be had :)

  • Pigey on 05/09/2008 - 02:50

    This is $599-$150 at Retravision in Perth. I picked one up earlier today.

  • sickllama on 05/09/2008 - 08:03

    Great laptop! I own one! Have had it for a month… GET IT!!!

  • SomeGuyOnOzB on 05/09/2008 - 09:40

    -> SickLlama
    Glad to hear it :) That's reassuring to me too :)

    -> Cyssero
    Last time I checked, Officeworks don't stock Compaqs, so no, they won't immediately beat this one by 5%. They did however offer me another notebook, with only 80 GB hard drive but otherwise spec'd the same, for a little bit more so, no, they didn't even offer a comparable deal here.

    Is Bing Lee in Victoria? If not, do they charge shipping?

    -> DavLuong
    Wow, never would have thought of checking there. They also have a promotion at the moment, so you could ask for a $500 resort cheque at the same time. Ah … wish I'd thought of checking there before but, maybe someone else can benefit :)

    • cyssero on 05/09/2008 - 19:16

      Regarding Officeworks and Compaq - I have personally purchased two Compaq notebook from them (one recently - about 2 mths, and one a few years ago) My mistake if they don't currently keep Compaq though.

      Bing Lee are a NSW/ACT electronics chain and won't deliver to VIC. So if you're in Victoria, JB-HiFi or Retravision might be the best places to check it out. I'm sure JB-HiFi can go a bit lower on the price too if you push their buttons..

      But hey, not like you didn't get a good deal! If it makes you feel better, I paid $699 (less $150) for mine with 512MB ram and a measly 1.8GHz Celeron just a few months back :)

      • SomeGuyOnOzB on 06/09/2008 - 19:58

        Ah … they told me they were moving to Dells now … I think they said the HPs would be discontinued too in the near future …

        Ah, pity about Bing Lee. I've seen you guys mention them a lot. Maybe they'll move on down to Victoria soon. Maybe they'll launch at the Doncaster Shoppingtown :)

        Thanks for that :) I think we did get a good deal :) Bit concerned though :S I put a Sandisk SD Plus (one of those SD card / USB drives) into the different slots … after I had installed all the software, and got a spark from one of the slots! Now it and it's adjacent USB slot won't work (the spark one says power surge, the other says unrecognisable). I'm down to one slot left :S I've got a hub, fortunately, but :( Sandisk is a good brand, and this is the first unit it happened too. I don't want to send it away for servicing, as I don't know how long that will take … sigh :(

        Apart from that it seems to be a lovely, inexpensive machine :P

  • Caliente on 18/09/2008 - 17:14

    just got one for my uncle. Decent for the price.

    Negatives are

    • bottom left panel gets warm, where your left palm will rest.
    • bit slow, but hey, its a celeron trying to run Vista on 1Gb ram. You have to expect that.
    • Sound amplification onboard is much lower than my Dell.

    Otherwise, its really not bad. I'm impressed, although I'll be sticking with my Latitude for now ;)

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