yeah - I thought so too - but it really is a wicked laptop. I have no connection with ANY of the mentioned places - just recommending something that I actually purchased, and am happy with.
About the time I got mine, they would have a couple hundred available, about once a month-or-two, and they would sell out QUICK. 6 months later, most that wanted them, have already gotten them, but it is a nasty-wicked-fast laptop, if you're willing to overlook the 17" size. I wanted a 15.4" system, and ordered one from Costco.com which was lost (then found later) and when they refunded that one, and this 17" became available (I paid $699 - 10% cashback) I would've been dumb not to order it. It was a heck of alot of computing power in a portable package for $630 or so. My other choice was a Gateway M-6864FX from best Buy, which is a 15.4" with same T5550, same 4GB, no bluetooth, 250GB HDD, and was $750. I actually bought one, and put it aside to make sure no better deals came along within the 14-day return period (I left it sealed) and then the 17" refurb showed up at tigerdirect.com, and in discussions on notebookreview.com with other owners of it, I was convinced to buy it, and return the 15.4" unit. It's sheer size is unwieldy if you need extreme portability, like a 14.1" or 15.4" lappie, but bang-for-the-buck, it's nearly unbeatable! Unless you can find the later P-7811FX on clearance (since replaced) at a best Buy, but that later model, some S/N sequences had overheating issues, which none of the earlier models had. I had a family member offer to buy it, $100 more than I paid, and my kids almost wanted to lynch me! They use it to play on steam, as it's video is faster than anything else in the house by a long shot! :) It has Vista Home Premium 64-bit installed, and with the external HDMI, I use my 42" plasma as a second screen, and use dual-screen in Lightroom to have the actual photos show up on the plasma, and the LR controls on the laptop LCD. Works pretty good, although I'd love to be able to buy a 2nd LCD to use with it! Wife hasn't approved of THAT yet, as I'm still paying off the K20D on the credit card :) And now my LBA isn't helping any, either! As an aside, on my Tuesday night photography class, I am the ONLY Pentax owner! There's like 15 Nikon owners (from D40 to 2 D300 owners) and about 10 Canon owners. No Sony or Olympus owners present. Feels lonely out in left field :) But I know what I have, and am plenty happy with my K20D. Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent 1/28/2009 1:59:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT:Laptop Recommendation In a message dated 1/28/2009 3:55:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Tony ======== Yeah, but it really does feel like an advertisement. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. ���������� -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
