HP / Wal Mart Laptop is $378 (no rebates needed)

$378 HP ze2308wm Laptop FRIDAY IN STORE ONLY! (no rebates needed) HOT!



The rumor was for a $398 Wal Mart laptop, but the price might even be lower for where you are. In many areas the HP Pavilion ze2308wm 15" screen notebook will be sold for $378. Wal Mart will be selling this laptop on FRIDAY 11/25 IN STORE ONLY (NOT ONLINE). Click here to see the Wal Mart ad for you area .

 

They are almost disposable nowadays. I wonder if people are going to get trampled like last year for the $40 DVD player. The no rebates is huge.

 

they must have cut corners somewhere on this thing, maybe the plastic used in the casing was melted down from recycled grocery bags or something. lol.

I'm going to get a lawn chair and go to Wal Mart Friday, but not to lineup to buy anything, but rather as you say to watch the guaranteed entertainment of an early morning stampede.

 

just told my mom. shes getting one. she needs word and powerpoint. and itunes.
best bang for tha buck

 

btw some one has detailed spects on the thing?
and how does this compare the the black friday deals.?

 

Just a heads up the price is based on where you live. It's $378/398 and $488 in most places, in WI it's $632 because of state law prohibitting in such business practices.

Product Name
ze2308wm

US Product Number
EC205UA#ABA

Microprocessor
1.6 Ghz Mobile AMD Sempron™ processor 2800+ with AMD PowerNow!™ Technology

Microprocessor Cache
256KB L2 Cache

Memory
256MB 333MHz DDR System Memory (1 Dimm)

Memory Max
1024MB

Video Graphics
ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP

Video Memory
32MB DDR (shared), user configurable up to 128MB

Hard Drive
40GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive

Diskette Drive
External USB Floppy Drive available for customers via hpshopping.com or local retailers

Multimedia Drive
24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive

Display
15.0" XGA TFT Display (1024 x 768)

Fax/Modem
High speed 56k modem

Network Card
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Wireless Connectivity
54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support

Sound
Altec Lansing

Keyboard
101-key compatible

Pointing Device
Touch Pad with dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad

PC Card Slots
1 Type I/II 32-bit card bus (also support 16-bit)

External Ports

2 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
1 headphone-out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 TV-Out (S-video)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)

Dimensions
13.15"(W) x 10.80"(L) x 1.29"(min)/1.63"(max)(H)

Weight
6.51lbs

Security
Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power
65W AC adapter
6-Cell Lithium-Ion (43Whr)


Software
Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition+Service Pack 2
Security and Support:
Symantec™ Norton Internet Security 2005™ (including 60 days complimentary live update)
HP Total Care Help & Support Center
Adobe™ Acrobat Reader
Recovery DVD
Multimedia:
Sonic Digital Media Plus
InterVideo WinDVD
Microsoft Zones.com
iTunes and iTunes Music Store
InterVideo Home Theater
Muvee AutoProducer DVD Edition with Burning
Microsoft® Windows® Movie Maker
Microsoft® Windows Media Player
HP Image Zone Plus photo and imaging software
Productivity and Finance:
Microsoft ® Works
Microsoft® Money
Microsoft® MSN Encarta Plus
Microsoft® Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition: 60 day trial version
Internet Solutions:
Microsoft® Internet Explorer
AOL® Dial-Up

Service and Support
Warranty and Support
1-1-0 Standard Warranty
1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty Toll Free Support (NA)
1-Year Free Hardware Technical Support
30-Days Free Software Support (Free 90-Day Software Support with Product Registration)

As for their cost it's a hair over $600 acording to their scanners. They are selling them at a loss to get people in the door so other businesses suffer and so they push other businesses out of business.

 

Do you think it's worth the price ($378)? I now have an older IBM Thinkpad 600x (500Mhz, 128 RAM) which I'm thinking about replacing with this ze2308wm. This is my first time on this forum. What do you think?

 

Would be a noticable upgrade, there are a couple of sub-500 laptops for sales on friday....check the ads come wed/thurs

 

ThinkPad will still be more solid. The HP case is plastic. You are looking at $150-200 to upgrade the ThinkPad with a faster hard drive and more memory. It is a tough call.

 

I think I'll give the HP a try. For the price, I can't get hurt too bad.
Thanks for the quick replies.

 

Zazonz,
You mentioned that it would cost $150-$200 to upgrade the IBM 600x to a faster processor and more RAM. I don't think it's upgradeable past what it is now. I'm not that smart on laptops, so do you know something I don't concerning this?
Thanks.

 

What Sub $400 HP Laptop from Wal-Mart?

I just looked at my Wal-Mart ad for Friday [the paper one that was in my mailbox] and the HP ze2308wm is $488!!! I think this is a TURKEY joke.

Hermit

 

Lol, it's not a joke. The price is different across the country which pissed me off. It's $378, $398, $488, or $632 depending upon where you live. You can check online at walmart's website....enter in a bunch of zipcodes and you can see for yourself. I'm not getting one because in my area(whole state of WI) is $632 while if I go to IL or MI it's $398 or less.

 

To see the $378 price, use 34228. I know it works down here in Florida.

 

Yeah in Chicago its at $378, Might pick one up.

 

I got the add for our walmart and it was at 488, the bigger city nearby (Cedar rapids , iowa) said 388. I went online and the as for our area said 378 no matter where you go. Now im hearing that walmart put them all down to 378 to compete with Best buy and other retailers. Anyone else hear of this? I really dont want to stand in line and find out it is really is 488 and not 378 and walk out empty handed.

 

They usually will nock it down if you have a lower priced ad, with the exception if the sale price is $632....then they won't.

 

The paper circular we got in my area said the HP would be "also available at walmart.com," but when I went to the site, it said "available in stores only." *sigh*

My husband got up at 4am to try and get one, and when he got there, there were 150 people in line ahead of him. The people at the front of the line had been there since 2am! No laptop for moi.

 

As a Wal-Mart employee working in electronics, I couldn't resist posting a reply here. The store I work at received only 15 of the laptops for the black Friday sale, (in-store) and as you can imagine that in and of itself caused a lot of stress. The cart holding them was moved to 2 or 3 different locations prior to the sale start because of the crowds. I do not defend the actions of the stores, what I wanted to make a point of is the fact that all of those "special buys" for the Friday sale, all the media hype and advertisements are geared to bring customers through the door - nothing more. The logic behind selling them at a loss is to get you to buy "something similiar" at regular retail markup after all the "special buys" are gone. Wal-Mart is a retailer in the business to make $$$, and that's the bottom line.