Anyone got hook ups on Laptops?

[rick@garage16.ca]

Looking for a laptop to run with my drag car as a standalone laptop

Anyone get deals on any?

[PCLoadLetter]

Grab yourself a netbook. You can get one for under $300 brand new.

[ST3ALTH]

Ive got a 14.1 inch hp with 4gb's of ram and a 250 gig harddrive, its a year old in mint condition. PM me if your interested and for the price.

[crono06]

Or, check out the clearance lists at FS/BB. Look for prices that end with 97 cents. You can get killer deals on those. Anything that DOES NOT end with 99 cents, you can negotiate the price on, because they are items that the store is trying to clear out. 97 is the 'official' clearance list though.

Hopefully nobody on the boards is a BB/FS manager, or I could get in trouble xD

[SilentJay]

I second the netbook notion - I got mine for $180 in May by scamming staples coupons, but they're around $220 now anyway.

[PCLoadLetter]

Or, check out the clearance lists at FS/BB. Look for prices that end with 97 cents. You can get killer deals on those. Anything that DOES NOT end with 99 cents, you can negotiate the price on, because they are items that the store is trying to clear out. 97 is the 'official' clearance list though.

Hopefully nobody on the boards is a BB/FS manager, or I could get in trouble xD
*grabs pen and paper

[crono06]

*grabs pen and paper

Lmao xD Once they hit clearance, you can easily get 30-50% off sticker, depending on how old it is.

[ST3ALTH]

I second the netbook notion - I got mine for $180 in May by scamming staples coupons, but they're around $220 now anyway.

HAHAHAHA i work at staples! thats jokes.

[PCLoadLetter]

I second the netbook notion - I got mine for $180 in May by scamming staples coupons, but they're around $220 now anyway.
I can't tell you how glad I am that you didn't say "motion". :chuckle

[rick@garage16.ca]

I second the netbook notion - I got mine for $180 in May by scamming staples coupons, but they're around $220 now anyway.

Any TM3 Coupons we can make up that will work there? lol lol


ya may get a netbook one

[tweak_s]

Lmao xD Once they hit clearance, you can easily get 30-50% off sticker, depending on how old it is.

Depending on the store though..still will be hard to get those prices without psp.

[SilentJay]

^^^^ Avoid PSP like the plague. It's just fodder for them.

[SilentJay]

HAHAHAHA i work at staples! thats jokes.

Oh man, the scams on top of scams I had to pull that one off... Ended up being $90 off :chuckle

[SilentJay]

Any TM3 Coupons we can make up that will work there? lol lol

ya may get a netbook one


Lots of coupons floating around on RFD - i'm sure with a little social engineering, and a little flair for the dramatic, you'll score a good deal :)

[crono06]

Depending on the store though..still will be hard to get those prices without psp.
I've given it without PSP.

[rick@garage16.ca]

may just go with a notebook style one for tuning use on drag car

[JohnyGT]

any computer deal comes to me :)

[rick@garage16.ca]

any computer deal comes to me :)

you can get deals?

[JohnyGT]

you can get deals?

I work at a computer company for weekdays, and at a computer store

on weekends. Whats the spec you are looking for and whats your budget

[laksman91]

Johnny GT: I'm looking to make or buy a massive external storage drive. Is it cheaper to buy a premade WD or build my own? like a 4TB minimum, looking at if i was to build myself like a 4 x 1.5TB

[SilentJay]

Not a bad deal (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10133831&catid)

Especially if you can find a 10% off coupon

[ST3ALTH]

lol thats the laptop i am on right now just not refurbished...its a great little toy lol.

[SilentJay]

Hmm... I think I just might sell mine if Rick wants it. My netbook was an impulse buy (lol - who can dispute that price-point?), and i've only used it 7-8 times since.

Since getting it (Acer Aspire One), i've done the incredibly hard RAM upgrade (read the reviews online), and changed the hard drive to a much faster one. It's still under warranty, and i'll provide the reciept. Please PM me if interested.

[JohnyGT]

Johnny GT: I'm looking to make or buy a massive external storage drive. Is it cheaper to buy a premade WD or build my own? like a 4TB minimum, looking at if i was to build myself like a 4 x 1.5TB

not giving you any info till you correctly spell my name! lol

Jk, i dont believe no more than 2TB ones are available for pre-assembled one,

but i always recommend to go with separte hdds and enclosure, for troubleshoot-wise reasons. so that way, anything happens, u take out the hdd and directly plug onto m/b to fix. The method above also works for premade ones too, but as soon as you open the enclosure, you kill your warranty + getting warranty service takes way too long time.

[laksman91]

JohnyGT: so is there any reasonably priced ones where I can put 4

[SilentJay]

^^^^ Any reason why you're looking for 4TB+? I only ask because that much data is really asking for trouble for someone just looking to store day-to-day things. Cough, knock the enclosure down, and it's dead, along with all of your data :P

When it comes to something of that magnitude, i'd probably get a few 1.5TB drives and stick them in a cheapy computer. This way you can run a FPS, have the data accessible anywhere, and access all of them at the same time if that's what you need.

[froggy]

^^^^ Any reason why you're looking for 4TB+? I only ask because that much data is really asking for trouble for someone just looking to store day-to-day things. Cough, knock the enclosure down, and it's dead, along with all of your data :P

When it comes to something of that magnitude, i'd probably get a few 1.5TB drives and stick them in a cheapy computer. This way you can run a FPS, have the data accessible anywhere, and access all of them at the same time if that's what you need.

run it as a Raid 1, I think it is where it will automatically write a copy to each disk and it'll read from the one that is closest, increases your search speed and increases your security