Thursday, July 26, 2012

Get a 17-inch quad-core laptop for $369.99












The HP Pavilion G7-1328DX is a powerful desktop replacement with an appealing price tag.




(Credit: Woot)

What's a warranty worth to you? And how big a warranty do you need to be comfortable buying a laptop?




While you chew on those questions, check this out: Today only, and while supplies last, Woot Tech has the refurbished HP Pavilion G7-1328DX 17.3-inch laptop for $369.99, plus $5 for shipping.




Because it's a refurb, the Pavilion has a fairly standard 90-day warranty. That's usually enough time to determine if, say, the LCD has a bad pixel or the system has a sudden-reboot problem.




For sake of comparison, Best Buy sells the Pavilion G7-1328DX new for $429.99 shipped (plus sales tax, so around $460 out the door depending on where you live). Is it worth an extra $80-90 to get that full one-year warranty?




(Interestingly, you could add a 1-year SquareTrade warranty to the Woot deal for $56.99 and still come out a few bucks ahead.)




Either way, I think there's an awful lot of bang for the buck here. The Pavilion features a 1.5GHZ AMD A6-3420M ... [Read more]











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