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    35% off listed price on X61, Good Buy?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by waterloser, May 28, 2008.

  1. waterloser

    waterloser Notebook Enthusiast

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    My X41 is getting slower everyday, so I thought this might be a good time to get a new X61

    I came across this deal through visa perks dot com.
    25% off when paying with visa and extra 10% with e-coupon.

    Good Deal??

    BTW this is a Canadian deal, so I will be end up paying 1163+TAX=1300ish

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    waterloser, May 28, 2008
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  2. Surfer666

    Surfer666 Notebook Consultant

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    Heh I thought it was a good deal. I got my X61 Tablet for ~1500 shipped (shipping is free with visaperks). It arrived yesterday, and it's really nice :p
     
    Surfer666, May 28, 2008
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    cooltoriz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got mine for $960 + Tax last year (Nov 2007) with EPP + Coupon(10% off)

    CPU: T7300 (2Ghz)
    Memory: 2GB
    Hard drive: 160GB 5400RPM
    Track point & Fingerprint
    Intel 4965 ABGN Wireless card
    8 cell battery
    Vista Home
     
    cooltoriz, May 28, 2008
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  4. gmoneyphatstyle

    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    My X40 is doing great. Why not wait for the X200?
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, May 29, 2008
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  5. gamemint

    gamemint Notebook Evangelist

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    nice deal .
     
    gamemint, May 29, 2008
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    waterloser Notebook Enthusiast

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    waterloser, May 30, 2008
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    cduke123 Notebook Guru

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    What do you use the Tablet for? It was recommended that I get a tablet for school, but I doubt that I will use the tablet feature enough to validte its putchase.
     
    cduke123, May 30, 2008
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    I had school in mind when I bought my tablet, but I was thinking I could just use it for other things such as browsing the web when I'm outside class and things like that... I don't know I'll find something to do with it aside from notes :p
     
    Surfer666, May 30, 2008
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    I doubt the general public would even need the tablet function, but nonetheless it would still be cool to have. Too expensive for my taste though. I just ordered my x61 yesterday from the BUy dot com store on ebay. With no taxes, free shipping, reduced price and ebay bucks back I couldn't resist it.

    For reference mine was $1310.99 + $65.66 ebay bucks back

    2.1 Ghz
    100GB 7200 RPM
    Bluetooth 2.0
    Intel WiFi
    X6 Ultrabase with DVD Dual Layer Writer
    8 Cell battery
    Fingerprint Reader
    1GB RAM
    Win XP OS

    The biggest factor came out to be taxes, shipping dates (1-2 days) and package contents. If I didn't get the ultrabase it probably wouldn't have fit my requirements.
     
    onslaught61, May 30, 2008
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  10. Surfer666

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    I just dished out 30 bucks for a usb enclosure, and then moved a dvd writer from my desktop :p
     
    Surfer666, May 30, 2008
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