Systemax's Pursuit: sub-$1,000 Merom action

One of the best things about the new Core 2 Duo fad is that the majority of manufacturers who previously sold laptops with Core Duo chips have upgraded their models with little or no increase in price. The latest company to upgrade without upping prices is Systemax, which is about to endow its low-cost Pursuit laptops with Core 2 Duo processors and a new slim design. The new configuration features the same 15.4-inch widescreen LCD, 1GB of RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, 1.3 megapixel webcam, and DVD burner as its predecessor, but adds a 1.66GHz Merom processor to give an estimated 20% performance increase over the 1.6GHz Core Duo model. Retaining the price of the old model, the newly-speced Pursuit will be priced at $999.99, although we're not too optimistic that the old model's $200 mail-in rebate will stick around.

[hedonist0840 @ Nov 21st 2006 3:51AM]

I just got an excellent deal on an Acer laptop with the following specs for around $900 after a $50 discount. I bought it in Thailand.

1.66GHz Core 2 Duo
ATI X1600 GPU with 256MB hypermemory (up to 512MB).
512 MB Ram (up to 4GB).
120GB HDD
Dual Layer slot loading dvd burner (no lightscribe).
14.1" WXGA
802.11a/b/g
1.3 mp webcam
5 in 1 card reader & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR

The lack of Windows saved about $120 from the overall cost.

[cactusjuice67 @ Jan 3rd 2007 2:46PM]

beware of systemax. no customer support. tiger direct also has terrible customer support.

several phone calls go unanswered.
dont buy systemax