23% Off Barnes And Noble W520

Should I fork over the money? Ive been waiting for a good deal and the highest has been 15% on the w520. With the 23% off I can get a $1900 machine for about 1500. Just getting a second opinion lemme know what you think! Thanks!

 

What are the specs?

 

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4270CTO ThinkPad W520 - 1 Yr Depot Topseller Warranty
Estimated ship date: 4/6/12**
$3,349.00
$2,018.00
$3,349.00
$2,018.00

Processor Intel Core i7-2760QM Processor (2.40 GHz, 6MB L3)
Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64
Operating system language Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 English
Display type 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) LED Backlit Anti-Glare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready
System graphics NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory
Color sensor Color Sensor
Total memory 8 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
Keyboard Keyboard US English
Pointing device UltraNav with TrackPoint & touchpad plus Fingerprint reader
Camera 720p Camera
Storage subsystem Internal RAID - Not Enabled
Hard drive Intel 160 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA
Optical device DVD recordable multiburner
System expansion slots Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader
Battery 9 cell Li-Ion Battery - 55++
Power cord Country Pack North America with Line cord & 170W AC adapter
Bluetooth Bluetooth 3.0
Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (2x2 AGN)
Integrated mobile broadband Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable
Language pack Language Pack US English
Microsoft productivity software preload Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 (North America) - English

41C9337 2 Year Onsite + Accidental Damage Protection
$159.00
$105.74
$159.00
$105.74

51J0477 ThinkPad 15W Case Sleeve
$17.99
$14.39
$17.99
$14.39

Subtotal: $3,525.99

Sale Price: $2,138.13

[THINKSAVINGS] -$544.86

Estimated total: $1,593.27*

Total savings $1,932.72

Im saving $550 which I think is pretty good but let me know what you guys think.

 

Personally I'd drop the RAM and Hard Drive to the cheapest options and upgrade the Video to the max (2000M). You can upgrade the RAM and hard drive anytime on your own, the video card not so much.

The price seems good, but I'm really curious as to the price with the RAM/SSD dropped.

 

^that is just with the thinksavings coupon. It wont take the 23% one im trying to connect to a live chat

It worked now the price was correct. I would rather the computer be ready to go when I got it. I dont wanna take it apart and put parts in Ive never taken a computer apart. Still a good deal?

 

i got a much better configured system at a way cheaper price than that

forget the discount codes

just call in and haggle like you're buying a car

 

what did you say to haggle though? what were your arguments?

 

That's not a bad price. I too would definitely drop the HD and RAM upgrade and grab the top end GPU. HD and RAM upgrades as we know from lenovo are over-priced. They're also known to use more inferior products ie. SSD.

 

Keep in mind that your are buying a product at the end of its production run. The Ivy Bridge machines are around the corner and should be strongly considered at this point.

That and the W520 does have a checkered past. It does have some unresolved defects. At least some percentage of them do.

 

I need to get this by july at the latest and its sounding like the w530 wont be out till the fall?

and if I drop the ram and hd. Ive never put any of those in a computer before...

 

There is a lot of debate on that. Nobody is saying for sure.

 

go online, go on the chat

and keep telling the rep its too expensive and ask for a better price

they will email you a quote

i got the computer in my sig for about 1200, cheaper and better configured

 

Did you start haggling after applying the 23% coupon? Did you show them the complete quote before haggling or walk through it with rep?

 

where on earth are people saying fall? i would highly doubt that!

 

i never brought up the B&N discount.

i told them I was a student, sent them the configuration I wanted. The rep gave me a price. I told him it was too high, he gave me a second #. Said it was still to high. Then finally gave me the price that I agreed to buy it for.


..its like buying a car

 

I was able to haggle 24% off my W520 when I ordered it last year using the BN discount, the 10% email discount ("Save 10% your Next Purchase!", but try to get your rep to give it to you now), and haggling over the phone for about 90 minutes. The ordering advise in my sig is a link to a great thread here on NBR that gives some pointers on how to save money when buying laptops. I could also PM you my rep's contact info if you would like to try haggling with someone else.

I wouldn't. Sure, Ivy Bridge is coming out soon this Spring, but you have to remember that OEMs don't rush their business products (especially workstations) as soon as new CPUs hit. You have to certify them for CAD use, etc., so that companies feel good about buying them, or whatever justification there is.

For this generation (SB), Sandy Bridge came out in Feb.-Mar. 2011 (non-buggy version), and while the W520 was out of the gate quickly (April), the M4600/6600 and 8560w/8760w didn't see until late Summer/early Fall.

 

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Can you PM me your rep? THX.

 

PM sent. 10char