Well, this week my HP Pavilion laptop decided to drop dead on me. Just out of the blue, no warning. So even though I love to shop for electronics, laptops, TVs, and anything else with a plug-in, I really didn’t feel like going out and buying a brand-new laptop. I hadn’t bought one for a long time, soI started to do a little better research again see what was out there and what prices were looking like.
The first place I went, and usually always go first, was Costco. To my surprise they really didn’t have much. They were stocked with HP’s but I was staying far away from those this time. Next up, Best Buy. Surprisingly, it seemed like they actually had better prices than Cosco had a lot more to choose from. the girl that worked at Best Buy really wanted me to buy a Mac, but I did really want to switch everything over to Mac just yet, even though it was fairly tempting.
Then she showed me the Toshiba line. The Toshiba A505 — s6960 was the one I was in the go for, but at the last minute found this sweet laptop at of all places, OfficeMax. More powerful processor, and about 30 bucks cheaper. So far, I love it.
UPDATE: 8-1-09Still loving it. Works fast. Even faster than my desktop. Just registered for my free Window 7 upgrade too.
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nice laptop.
So I almost went to Best Buy to purchase the “”"”60 version, but when weighing the options you outlined in your video I definitely agree that the better processor is the best option for now. The 12 cell is always an option later in life. Thanks for the review.
-Adam
Well i got this laptop for school. As seen in the video i went to Sams CLub, then to costco because i was expectin gthem to have a bigger selection than they did. SO i decided to go to Best Buy. I fell in love with the A505-S6966 laptop at Best Buy. I went to buy it and something was telling me not to. I decided to wait and look at other places. I found the exact laptop at the place you wouldnt think of. Office Max. It was cheaper and on top of that every key on the laptop had backlights in it. They all lit up. The same exact laptop at Best Buy did not light up any keys. I was very excited about this laptop. I bought it at Office Max. This laptop is a great laptop, very reliable, and easy to use. I would suggest people choose this laptop over a lot of the other ones!!!