Swimmer Posted June 28, 2006 CID Share Posted June 28, 2006 Alright since we are getting toward the college student buying time.. I thought it would be great if we posted some of the better deals on computers.. Dell and HP are about a month or so away from starting their annual sale.. So.. I will start it off.. If are a bunch of posts and a lot of interest one of the mods will sticky this.. Even though summer has only barely begun, Gateway's eMachines is already looking ahead to the upcoming school year, having just announced five new Vista-ready desktops for the student on a budget. Starting at the "top of the line," we have the T6536 (pictured, with optional monitor) and T6534, which both feature Athlon 64 processors from AMD (3800+ and 3700+, respectively), nVidia GeForce 6100 graphics, and 250GB of storage, but the extra $90 you're spending on the $540 T6536 doubles the RAM from 512MB to 1GB and bumps the OS up to Windows XP Media Center Edition. Next in line is the T5046, which will set you back the same $450 as the T6534 but changes up the specs with a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 processor, Radeon Xpress 200 graphics from ATI, 512MB of RAM, a 200GB HDD, and the same dual-layer DVD burner found in both members of the 6000-series. Finally, the super-budget-conscious consumer has the option of either the $350 T3506 or $380 T3508, with the former machine offering a Celeron D352 CPU, Radeon X300-based graphics, 512MB of RAM, 120GB HDD, and a CD-RW/DVD combo drive, while the latter rig steps it up to a Celeron D356, Radeon Xpress 200 chip, 160GB hard drive, and that good old multi-format DVD burner. All of the new machines are available immediately, which gives you plenty of time to load up the software you'll need for surviving next year's vigorous academic schedule -- namely tunes, vids, and games. T6536 T6534 T5046 T3508 T3506 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted June 29, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 29, 2006 Alright here is the second deal I found.. on dell's website.. I dont know if they will get better.. yesterday they were offering 50% off on monitor upgrades.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted June 30, 2006 CID Share Posted June 30, 2006 i live right in front of dell (literly)so i can just walk in order1 and walk right out i live less than 1/4 of a mile away i'll post a pic of it from google earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 30, 2006 CID Share Posted June 30, 2006 i live right in front of dell (literly)so i can just walk in order1 and walk right out i live less than 1/4 of a mile away i'll post a pic of it from google earth well thats handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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