Need advice for buying a notebook (+-R7000)

[Arc_Thunder]

Klipdrif, my notebook will arrive monday
ps Im also studing engineering ( third year )

 

[Decotey]

If you are a student check this out i7: http://www.aceredu.co.za/Aspire5750g.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

or i5: http://www.aceredu.co.za/Aspire5750.aspx

You need a valid student number at a participating university to apply for the discounted prices though.

The i7 with Win7 and MS office is the best deal imo around atm.

 

[*SynergyX*]

this looks good
http://www.cybernatic.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=1017

 

[Rev. Mikey]

@Klipdrif and Arc_Thunder Did you guys get it yet? Please post some pics if you did, and how the transaction with shop63 went. Thanks

 

[Klipdrif]

The suppliers made a mistake on the specs. They are offering a refund or a toshiba laptop with a weak gt 525 and a I5 cpu and super bad screen (1366x768). Or you can take the mecer with a gt 360m which is really really dated. Sigh. Knew it was to good to be true. Arc did you get the same feedback?

 

[Pada]

Klipdrif, what mistake was made on the specifications?
They said GT460M instead of GT360M?

Shop 63 never had the screen resolution on their web page: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...0+C&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za&client=firefox-a

 

[chickenbeef]

This is what they had;

Mecer Xpression W860C Gaming Notebook
Intel Core i5-540M Processing
15.6" FHD Display
DVD Writer
HDMI Out
Intel PM55 Chipset
Windows 7 Home Premium
4GB DDR3 Memory
500GB HDD
nVidia GeForce GTX 460M 1GB Graphics
192 CUDA Cores
1350Mhz Processor Clock
16.1 Texture Fill Rate
1250 Memory Clock
GDDR5 Standard Memory Config
192-Bit Memory Interface
60.0 Memory Bandwidth
12 Month Carry-In Warranty to closest Mustek Branch

I copy pasted that from their site and into a thread on Carbonite asking if anyone had the same laptop

 

[PostmanPot]

Klipdrif, what mistake was made on the specifications?
They said GT460M instead of GT360M?

Shop 63 never had the screen resolution on their web page: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...0+C&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za&client=firefox-a

GTX... :/

 

[Klipdrif]

Yes. It does not have the gt460m. Dont know what else changes. Dont care really. Going to take refund and build myself a nice i5 desktop.
Nice spot on the gtx instead of gt in specs postman.

 

[Pada]

I'm very curious to see if PurpleFlyTrading can offer the following laptop for under R4000 (R3,975.18 to be exact):

Dell Studio 1558
Intel i5-430M(2.26GHz)
4096MB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
500GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) HDD
8X DVD+/-RW
6-cell battery for extended battery life
512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
802.11b/g wireless networking
Bluetooth
2MP webcam
15.6 Widescreen Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED with TrueLife
Windows 7 Home Basic (64 BIT)
3-Year NBD

See http://purpleflytrading.co.za/shopp...=product_info&cPath=1_17_393&products_id=2970

If they have stock and they offer it for R4000, then I'll buy a few just to sell them again for like R8k!

 

[Pada]

Unfortunately this is the response that I got from Purple Fly Trading when I requested that laptop:

These are not available and I was informed that these are being replaced soon.

An ETA for the replacement has not been confirmed yet.