Yah know. While 1200 is a lot. Considering its 160GB its not THAT bad. If you factor in how much some of the uber laptops cost now a days. Financing that is what? An extra $40 a months + interest? That said I'll keep my performance 7200RPM drives thank you very much.
AMD just announced their intentions of competing against Intel in the SSD space. They plan on releasing a tri-core Black Phenom 80 GB SSD that consumes 8 watts and costs 50% of what the other guy charges.
You could be a poor college student who has poor parents that can't afford to buy a decent new laptop. Particularly one that is damn-near guaranteed to last you more than a year or so without having troubles (i.e most business class laptops which are upper range by nature) and you plan on paying for it with that little work-study you got to make ends meet while trying to get your education. I think college students (especially those in science and technology majors) should be considered prosumers by occupation and should get business class support and quality in their products.
Of course the chief argument would be the monthly bill would be far more disastrous than raising the money, but sometimes its easier to pay incrementally.
God people. I didn't say you'd have to finance the entire thing. The laptop prior to my MBP was around $3,700. I financed about a grand under a 6 month no interest. I use these options all the time. My HDTV. My high end camera and lens. My Tablet PC. Hell my iPod. All interest free stretched out from 6 month for my iPod to 4 years for my TV. Its a hell of a lot easier then saving 6 months for something. Typical Engadget commenters....shooting off their mouths with NO facts behind it.
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Yah know. While 1200 is a lot. Considering its 160GB its not THAT bad. If you factor in how much some of the uber laptops cost now a days. Financing that is what? An extra $40 a months + interest? That said I'll keep my performance 7200RPM drives thank you very much.
$40 a month seems reasonable to you?
Geez.
Financing a LAPTOP?? No wonder this country has trillions in credit card debt. A car, sure, but COME ON.
I don't understand why you would finance a laptop, its not a car and there is almost no reason for one to cost more than $3,000.
Also in the news:
AMD just announced their intentions of competing against Intel in the SSD space. They plan on releasing a tri-core Black Phenom 80 GB SSD that consumes 8 watts and costs 50% of what the other guy charges.
{sigh} - If only....
You could be a poor college student who has poor parents that can't afford to buy a decent new laptop. Particularly one that is damn-near guaranteed to last you more than a year or so without having troubles (i.e most business class laptops which are upper range by nature) and you plan on paying for it with that little work-study you got to make ends meet while trying to get your education. I think college students (especially those in science and technology majors) should be considered prosumers by occupation and should get business class support and quality in their products.
Of course the chief argument would be the monthly bill would be far more disastrous than raising the money, but sometimes its easier to pay incrementally.
God people. I didn't say you'd have to finance the entire thing. The laptop prior to my MBP was around $3,700. I financed about a grand under a 6 month no interest. I use these options all the time. My HDTV. My high end camera and lens. My Tablet PC. Hell my iPod. All interest free stretched out from 6 month for my iPod to 4 years for my TV.
Its a hell of a lot easier then saving 6 months for something.
Typical Engadget commenters....shooting off their mouths with NO facts behind it.