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Well, I finally ordered my Presario R3000Z tonight!

post #1 of 4
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Specs are:

Compaq Presario R3000Z customize notebook
- AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ 2.20 GHz
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home
- 512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
- 40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
- 4X DVD+RW/R & CD-RW Combo Drive
- FREEUpgradeto54g(TM) Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN !!
- 15.4" WVA WSXGA+ (1680x1050)
- 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go +1394 & 5-in-1
- Microsoft(R) Works/Money
- 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- hpshopping in-box envelope

total: 1554.00! (Not bad

One side note. I remember someone here saying that there was only 1 memory slot that was user accessible. According to the sales guy, he swore to me both were user accessible, that when you take off the memory cover on the bottom of the notebook, there are 2 dim slots available to 'grab', not just one. If I get this thing I discover he BS'd me, I'm gonna be PO'D! Because if only 1 was accessible, then I wanted to get the 1 stick of 512 memory so that I could upgrade memory easier in the future. So will see if it pans out. Maybe someone here who was talking about this was referring to the R3000T model which features Intel instead of AMD but I would think since the style of the notebooks are the same, it would be the same for all of the 3000 series line.
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Its a shame how much these have gone down in price over the last 3 months. Picked up the same configured machine (aside from the DVD burner + mine has the 60GB HD) for $300 less than you did in June.

How do you like the machine? What memory did you wind up getting and how did it work?
post #3 of 4
I'm considering this rig at Circuit City for $1099 net after the rebate. Same GeForce card. This seems to be a steal. Tried configuring the same thing at the Compaq site and was over $1400. I have a $275 credit with Gateway that I have to use by the end of next month and their prices aren't close, even with the credit.



Compaq Presario Notebook PC (R3240US)
CPQ R3240US • Athlon™ 64 processor 3200+
• 60GB hard drive
• 512MB RAM • DVD+RW/CD-RW drive
• 15.4" widescreen display
• 5-in-1 media reader
post #4 of 4
the one you get from circuit city may not have the higher resolution that his has though...better check it out
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