I bought this online on Tuesday night, it was delivered by lunch time Thursday.
Ultrabook cost 1299 + the CC surcharge & delivery all up cost 1335, delivered.
They also have the special $10 off delivery cost which helped.
I think this is a very good deal.
Hard Drive - 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD)
Optical Drive - No Optical Drive
If it doesn't have a ODD, then I don't think you can add a second HDD/SSD.
Just my opinion but letting anyone else know in case they are considering this.
I got the i5 Z830 Satellite and I wish I had known these things before I bought it:
- Fan noise every few minutes. NOT air noise. Irritating as hell. Don't think you might get lucky because everyone gets it. I find it more annoying than a desktop because of it's high pitch and random occurrences.
- The model here is the Portege version so it has a matte screen(what I prefer). Mine was the Satellite which has a headache inducing glossy screen.
- Being an ultrabook, the keyboard really takes some getting used to. E.g. the spacebar only registers sometimes because 30% of the spacebar on the left side doesn't register.
- While it is probably the lightest 13" laptop out there, the power cable is still a normal 2-piece one unlike the power cable for the Zenbook.
This parrt number appears to be the Satellite, so I presume it will have the glossy display too (and 1 year wty rather than 3 years).
For that sort of price I'd wait for the new zenbook! 1080p ips goodness…
What is the deal here anyway? Do they sell for more?
This is still the lowest price I've seen, so I'm tossing up whether it's worth going i7 for $1299 vs the i5 for $999.
In practical terms, what is the real difference, when just using for web browsing etc?
I am a happy R500 user, so I'm not sure if it's worth going to this or waiting for the new Ivy Bridge version, later.
There would be absolutely zero difference when doing any sort of work that is not processor intensive…
Examples of processor intensive tasks are advanced video/image/audio editing.
edit: new ivy bridge should improve not only performance but also battery life which you may appreciate. My advice is to wait for ivy.
It was one of the cheapest price around, for the same model other stores sell it for well over $1400.
Anyhow I've just come back to their site and see that they're out of stock but you can order it in.
Thanks, I checked that too. Not sure if it's worth the 40% extra to me to go from the i5 model to the i7.
i5 is $999 some places and is $1049 at Dick Smith this weekend (maybe less at Closing Down outlets - has anyone asked?).
As noted by others on some threads on these sales, there may well be some further reductions / sales which I might wait for, around 28 June. Let's see what happens.
Centrecom has the $1299 i7 too:
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/pt22la-00g001-bonus-year…
Shopping Express has the $999 i5:
http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/toshiba-satellite-z830…
Both in stock according to the websites, in case you need to price-beat and advertised deal.
Good - Ridiculously thin, HDMI + USB 3, great battery
Bad - Crap screen (1366 -768, TN), last gen CPU
Alright deal I guess