Buying a Laptop

[the teacher]

[8D]we're thinking of buying a laptop before we arrive next month.
any thoughts on whether it might be cheaper to buy once we arrive??
and if so wher would be a good place to start looking??[8D]
cheers
lyn

[andrewmckay5]

Lyn,
got ours from Circuit City ,Port Charlotte.
Toshiba A30 Satellite for $950-00.
Saw an ad for the same product in PC World this weekend for £954-00.

andrew

[lambdeng]

Have a look at these websites

www.circuitcity.com
www.bestbuy.com
www.compusa.com

They are all on OBT - around half a mile from Flofrida Mall

Gary

[wilfy]

Gary,
FloFrida ??? Mall , is this the nordic version ?

[phaedra]

Toshiba A40 2.8Ghz at Circuitcity is $1048 (no doubt plus tax in Florida!), mail in rebate of $100 only for US customers so £588 + tax

Same thing at Dabs.com (UK) is £703 with a proper UK layout keyboard etc.

[chrisj]

Jeff

Theres not that much difference in the prices is there

[chrisfynes]

You are likely to save about 10% buying in the US but you will have a slightly different keyboard layout and check if there is an international warranty. The deals at Dixons in the airport are pretty good and do seem genuine compared with the high street.

[Silver Dollar]

I just bought mine about three weeks ago in Best Buy by Florida Mall. It cost $1500 but I got a $300 mail off rebate coupon, so not bad. It has everything on it including dvd player, wireless modem, and cd rewriter.