text: Woot: The Community: Woots: Up On The Laptops, Reindeer Pause
  (11:33 AM, 12/4/2012)
  CruelMelody could use advice on which machine is best for a little Starcraft.
  There are macs and there are PCs. Let's play nice. I'm just hanging out, really.
  I'm currently writing this comment on that XPS17 shown. It's a great laptop, though not for the faint of heart due to sheer size. I bought it almost two years ago now and it is still quite good, though I did upgrade to SSD several months ago. Since it has a 2nd hard drive bay it was a piece of cake, just mounted the original HDD in bay 2. The only thing is, it had a weird issue with the graphics card early on that made it default to integrated graphics for basically everything that I wanted my discrete card defaulted to, but that was an NVidia setting. Maybe I'm biased after owning a PoS HP before it but I love this one. Reply
  I own E530 Lenovo laptop and it is similar to E520. It is a solid laptop and I accidently sat on it and it didn't crack at all. It is very solid unit and i would recommend it especially with keyboard scroller instead of the trackpad
  UPS claims they delivered my ASUS at 11:40 am. Friday. I was home an hour and a half later--no tablet, no signature required on delivery, no insurance, no recourse. I HATE UPS.
  Dec 4, 2012 4:23 AM
  dvdvija wrote:What model year is Mac air 11in?
  According to Wikipedia, the MC968LL/A is classified as a "Mid 2011" computer. *** Play TT's Clue - Thursdays at 9PM CT *** To contact Customer Service, use the SUPPORT form at the top of every woot page ••• ► Woot's Return Policy ◄ ••• ► Did you check your spam/junk folders for a CS reply? CANCEL?? How to cancel your order in the first 2 hours!! - except orders with Woot-Off or expedited items
  can you play the game "Spore" on the Apple 11.6 MacBook Air .... DOES IT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED AND MEMORY ??
  nutmeg3 wrote:I wonder why a new HP computer for $700 only has a 90 day warranty.
  GOOD CATCH! It's a one year warranty. The sale page has been updated.
  The Beats audio problem (which doesn't bother me too much but other users might have concerns).
  Hey I am looking at both the Dell for 700.00 and the Thinkpad for 545.00. I know nothing about computers, but need a replacement and would like something for school, videos, browsing... just basic stuff. Is there any justification to get the Dell? Also do you think starcraft 2 would work on these? thanks!
  CruelMelody wrote:Hey I am looking at both the Dell for 700.00 and the Thinkpad for 545.00. I know nothing about computers, but need a replacement and would like something for school, videos, browsing... just basic stuff. Is there any justification to get the Dell? Also do you think starcraft 2 would work on these? thanks!
  The thinkpad would probably be fine for the things you asked, though not for starcraft 2. The dell would handle starcraft 2 well enough, though still probably not at max settings. The reasons for the dell are 1) USB 3.0 ports, which if you want your machine to last a few years would be nice to have, and the thinkpad has none, 2) Bigger, better screen. Watching videos on the thing is very nice, I do it almost every day, and 3) As mentioned above, if you did want to play games, the thinkpad can't do much since it has integrated graphics, not discrete, whereas the dell has a GeForce chip which will handle games admirably for a laptop(which is not a huge compliment but I've never had a complaint using it). It may, however, require a bit of troubleshooting, since mine shipped with strange settings which I had to alter to get it to run the game correctly, it wasn't very involved and works great now.
  Reason for the Thinkpad: Much more portable. I thought I wouldn't mind a big laptop, I'm 6'3", but it does get a bit annoying when I'm carrying it daily in my bag as well as school notes and anything else that I need. That said, the dell has a battery that matches its size and even though it's a big machine and draws a lot of power to run, it still lasted over 4 hours when I first purchased it, which in 2010 was impressive. It still lasts about 3 hours, two years later, and I haven't replaced the original battery.
  Does that justify the extra expense? Depends on how much you want to watch videos or if you really want to play any games. If you want games, get the dell. If you netflix all the time, probably get the dell(screen size is nice). If you're mostly interested in a productivity and web browsing machine, might as well save the money and get the thinkpad, especially if you're just going to get a new computer in 2 or 3 years anyway.
  kcm2 wrote:Really, really watch your tracking on the delivery or else get it shipped for will call. My notice that woot had shipped it arrived less than 24 hours before delivery.
  Either Woot will file a claim with UPS (UPS includes freight insurance when Woot pays for shipping) or UPS will pay you. Either way you at least get your $$. BTW if you file a chargeback the reason to use is "merchandise not received." UPS & Woot will have to prove to YOUR satisfaction the product was delivered. They have the burden of proof on a card-not-present transaction.
  Maybe if you want it for yourself - but never ever buy a refurb as a gift from Woot. By the time you give it as a gift the warranty will be half over, and when the thing dies a day after the warranty is gone you are out your money. I learned that lesson the hard way with a refurb TV I got as a Christmas gift, it just about caught fire too. Reply
  Then, just a couple months after it fell out of warranty, same parts go again. Tech support refuses to even talk to me since it's now out of warranty, and a google search shows me that this is actually a common problem.
  https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-Edge-S-series/Edge-E520-will-not-turn-on/td-p/746183
  hotbosons
  Don't know the model and year but the specs looks old. The new MacBook Air 11" comes with the following: 4 GB 1600 MHz RAM, 2 USB 3.0 and one Thunderbolt port and processor is intel's new third gen. 1.7 GHz dual core with turbo boost upto 2.6 GHz.
  If you compare this specs with the one being offerd thre is hardly any discount, In fact it would be a better deal to buy directly from the apple.
  [size=18][color=red]Jay Bhatt[/color][/size]
  What does this mean? From the Dell xps 17
  Tarantino wrote:What does this mean? From the Dell xps 17
  "Never used systems, canceled orders or returns that were never fully booted. Tested and repackaged by Dell Outlet." Dell Outlet Product Condition Overview.
  ie) these perfectly good machines wound up in like...Laptop Limbo before they even had a chance. will you be the one to rescue them? -----------------------------------------------
  "Up on the housetop Reindeer pause"
  And I've always thought it was "Reindeer paws" since I was a kid. What a dummy... reindeer have hooves, not paws. Never even thought of that fact when I heard the song. Reply
  Hey dunno if anyone still looks at this thread.. I just recieved a prepaid visa for 15.00 from Dell, and I dont know why. Did anyone else who bought this computer get one?