xhesika wrote:Does this support WiDi 2.0 or just WiDi 1.0? WiDi 1.0 is limited to 720p.

I am not 100% on this but I believe that any laptop with a 2nd gen intel CPU can use the WiDi v2.0 and achieve the full 1080p wireless streaming connection as long as you get the v2.0 adapters. Again, not 100%. If nothing else you will definitely be able to get 1080p out of the HDMI port.

dovs wrote:Man... It's KILLING ME. Nearly everything I want - processor, hard drive, bluray, graphics card... I've been looking at this ALL DAY, and I can't pull the trigger!!! That it's not max-ram, and has no bluetooth bothers me, but the keyboard layout actually bothers me more. Someone make this decision for me... Is this going to die or be obsolete in 3 months?

I pulled the trigger on this baby this morning. I haven't seen a better price on a laptop with these kind of specs EVER! I really don't understand why the RAM isn't maxed out given how cheap RAM is these days. You can get a pair of 4gig sticks for $40-$60. The bluetooth is an easy fix. Just get a USB bluetooth adaptor and you're golden. As far as the keyboard layout goes, I don't see the issue. It looks good to me.
I've also been reading about the recall on the Intel chipset that's in this thing. I'm really not worried about hat either. Any motherboard with only two SATA ports shouldn't be effected. The bloatware issue is easy enough to fix as well. I've never seen a laptop that didn't have that issue. My only worry is about the Nvidia graphics not working like it should. If the discreet graphics card on this thing craps out, at least you have the on board Intel graphics to fall back on. Just my 2 cents.

mjsong wrote:Does this one have a glossy screen or matte screen?

I'm 99% sure it's glossy.

I want to get this laptop but you haven't refunded my payment yet for my last laptop I had to send back to you weeks ago. I sent a message but got a reply you received it back Nov 11 and it'll be 7-10 days before I'm refunded. If this laptop doesn't sell out can I get it when you get to refunding me? I don't have funds to get this one til I get my other $$$ back. HELP!

I sorta live in Texas. Does the sales tax on this item get tacked on because of my credit card billing address in Texas, or would shipping it to my temporary address in Missouri save me from giving Rick Perry 8% to not pay teachers with?

Dustinstorm wrote:Giving a non-full-HD laptop a Blu-ray player is like giving Helen Keller a Harvard scholarship.

Do the words "widi" or "hdmi out" mean anything to you?

Yet another decent computer ruined by an awful "HD" screen...

It appears that there are no easy drop-in upgrades for the screen - not surprising given the oddball 15.3" diagonal:
http://www.screencountry.com/index.php?section=products&model=RC512-S01&brand=Samsung

Now it's been more than half a decade since the first 15" 2048x1536 panel for laptops and we've made essentially no forward progress... Sadly, the same goes for desktop displays.

Just the specs I have been waiting for minus the $1200 price tag! In for one

Man, I was SO excited there for a moment-- but the card just is not anywhere near the power of the rest of the machine, the screen is physically small and unacceptably low resolution.

Pretty please a real gaming laptop next time?

DennisWKam wrote:I just sent you a PM with some instructions on how to change the payment card. Please feel free to email us at service@woot.com or reply back to this PM if you have any questions.

That happened to me too this week. Paid $300 for the Xoom thinking it will go to paypal CC and lo and behold I had it out of my checking account. Whats up with that?

TrypWyr wrote:I bought this laptop a while back when it was $50 more. I would again. I'm on it now, in fact!

Plays Star Trek Online at highest settings.
Plays DC Universe Online at highest settings.
Even plays SW:TOR on medium-high settings. (Beta...)

I love this computer, it's the fastest I've ever owned and well worth the cash.

Sold on nerdiness.

jimsinkorea wrote:I've heard samsung has some type of proprietary function that let's you connect their laptops to their new TV's without using a cable. Can anyone confirm this?

I believe it is called Allshare... I have it on my Samsung tv, tablet and phone but I have never actually used it, so I cannot comment on how it works.

how long is the battery life?

What is Woot's return policy if I purchased this computer and my daughter does not find it satisfactory?

How does the samsung laptop in the link below stack up to the one woot! is selling ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131197&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA

I'm sure woots is superior, but the one newegg has is more in my price range.I'm also not a gamer, but I'd like something with Blu-ray, USB 3.0, and a decent sized HD that I can also use as a HTPC connected to my flat screen. Any input from those in the know would be much appreciated.

There's also this HP on newegg that looks tempting and comes with a blu ray player and same resolution?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834158055&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3705318&SID=skim1043X499650X5a2422f2d70698ee72ac65e739e357c8

iammarried31 wrote:What is Woot's return policy if I purchased this computer and my daughter does not find it satisfactory?

you would be s.o.l. Woot! does not accept returns except in certain doa situations. you could probably sell it on ebay for a profit though. or give it to me ;>

jimray wrote:"d" is next to "f" on the key board? Like in Typo.

>> I like your humor.
Intel® Wireless Display
check this one out :
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/intel-wireless-display.html

richnardone wrote:you would be s.o.l. Woot! does not accept returns except in certain doa situations. you could probably sell it on ebay for a profit though. or give it to me ;>

re-sale @ e-bay . The price is good enough for re-sale .

tengchunghuang wrote:re-sale @ e-bay . The price is good enough for re-sale .

yeah but not by much

guswalken wrote:How does the samsung laptop in the link below stack up to the one woot! is selling ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131197&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA

I'm sure woots is superior, but the one newegg has is more in my price range.I'm also not a gamer, but I'd like something with Blu-ray, USB 3.0, and a decent sized HD that I can also use as a HTPC connected to my flat screen. Any input from those in the know would be much appreciated.

There's also this HP on newegg that looks tempting and comes with a blu ray player and same resolution?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834158055&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3705318&SID=skim1043X499650X5a2422f2d70698ee72ac65e739e357c8

the first laptop, the samsung w01 is comparable but skimps on the discrete graphics, the cpu and the hard drive ... you can upgrade the hd, but not the other two ... for my money, depending on what u need the comp for, id get the woot one ... it's cpu an graphics will stay "current" longer...

the hp is a whole other animal ... good deal, but the processor is a bigger step down, so is the hard drive, but u do get a discrete graphics, but its less powerful than the woot ... not a bad bargain budget laptop, but in a total different neighborhood ... to me the 200 dollar difference is worth it to "future proof" the laptop ... the woot will give you more for a longer time than the hp...

my 2 cents

Can anyone tell me which is better for a World of Warcraft game player: this woot or a HP Pavilion 750GB Intel I5-1430 with turbo boost technology 6 GB memory and 17" screen? I am clueless and need to make a decision quickly.

iammarried31 wrote:Can anyone tell me which is better for a World of Warcraft game player: this woot or a HP Pavilion 750GB Intel I5-1430 with turbo boost technology 6 GB memory and 17" screen? I am clueless and need to make a decision quickly.

I should also note that the other one is slightly more expensive but I don't mind if it is the best choice for an intense gamer.

Pulled the trigger for one for my 14-year-old, who is quite concerned that it's not a desktop with a video card with more computing power than NASA had when I was his age… I hope I did the right thing.

I think the i7 CPU will be able to handle the map and animation renderings he wants to do for Garry's Mod, and the machine itself will probably handle games like Skyrim well enough.

And as much as we'd love to play Half-Life 2 Episode 3 on this thing, I'm pretty sure it'll be obsolete before Valve finishes THAT particular opus.

PS: The THIRTY30 coupon code is only available to "selected Square Trade customers". I, apparently, was not selected.

lamangecailloux wrote:Now, how does everyone feel about adding $105 for a 2yr Square Trade warranty (after coupon THIRTY30 which takes off $30)?

If Square Trade *accepted* that coupon code, I'd feel great about it. But they don't. Feel free to try: YMMV.

Just pulled the trigger on this thing myself. My HP laptop is on its last legs after 3 years of diligent service, and I really want a machine that can handle TOR, TF2 and City of Heroes. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but from what everyone has said it sounds like I made a good decision.

Here's hoping! Woot hasn't let me down yet!

I'm still hoping someone can tell me if this is as good a deal as a HP Pavilion DV7-6179US entertainment laptop with 750GB HD and 6 GB DDRM with 17" screen and 2.4GHZ with turbo boost technology to 3.0 GHZ. PLEASE -- someone help me here! This would be a Christmas gift for a World of Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo player. Also, the HP has a ten hour battery life and costs $749. Which one do I get?

Hi all,

FYI

I just made the plunge and then phoned Square Trade to ask a few questions and purchase the warranty. ( 877-927-7268 = 877-warranty)

I asked for a 30% discount and the rep asked for(insisted on) a coupon code.
I gave THIRTY30 thanks to a message I found here. There was some difficulty with this and I was told it had expired but please hold the line. Eventually the agent found some way to give the 30% off.

It turns out that an Internet search for Coupons square trade yields a coupon code of WIZZARD25 for a 25% discount.

The Square Trade Web site states that warranties can be purchased up to thirty days from date of purchase for eBay and 90 for
on-line stores.


Finally, thanks to all who comment and answer questions.

iammarried31 wrote:I'm still hoping someone can tell me if this is as good a deal as a HP Pavilion DV7-6179US entertainment laptop with 750GB HD and 6 GB DDRM with 17" screen and 2.4GHZ with turbo boost technology to 3.0 GHZ. PLEASE -- someone help me here! This would be a Christmas gift for a World of Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo player. Also, the HP has a ten hour battery life and costs $749. Which one do I get?

Whats the video card on the HP?

flaura22 wrote:Will I be able to see this screen if I am in sunlight? I would like to be able to sit out on my patio and use it.

probably see it much better in sunlight than you would at night. darkness makes it soo hard......oh wait, you were talking about sun glare. lol

Does anybody know if this laptop has SATA 6Gb/s?

I'd want to put a Vertex 3 SSD in this laptop.

How long do you think this will take to get here? It says it should ship within 5 days... then how long till it gets to your door? I know smartpost items can take forever.

I bought this laptop earlier today. Now I feel a bit worried that there would be better deals for a similar laptop for black friday.

Anyone out there (who are black friday savy) know if there would be better deals for a laptop like this?

I just want to play it on games like world of warcraft and star wars the old republic. Also like the idea it's blu ray. Other than that, I don't know much about computers.

So is there a better deal out there (for black friday?)

magicmanfk wrote:Just bought this after reading through the comments. I want to repartion/reformat and do a clean install of Windows- anyone know what I'll need to make a backup of before wiping it? It seems like it comes with a lot of bloatware/unnecessary programs, but I assume that some of them are more useful than others.

use a free program called macrium reflect.

Vicious1Knives wrote:I bought one last sale, and I love this thing. Runs Skyrim on high fantastically.

This is exactly what I was looking for. I bought this today in hopes to play skyrim with good quality as my computer handles it but would love to get high quality graphics rather than medium.

Was talking to my mom about getting a new laptop yesterday. w00t provides. Thanks so much w00t!!! :D

panzercannon01 wrote:use a free program called macrium reflect.

Another idea is to use pcdecrapifier.

Thanks woot! I was really hoping for a SSD today. I'll head over to deals.woot!

Not yet. I've been checking the ads that have been released and no one has had anything close, which is why I pulled the trigger. I don't think this deal will be beaten.

ineedinfo wrote:I bought this laptop earlier today. Now I feel a bit worried that there would be better deals for a similar laptop for black friday.

Anyone out there (who are black friday savy) know if there would be better deals for a laptop like this?

I just want to play it on games like world of warcraft and star wars the old republic. Also like the idea it's blu ray. Other than that, I don't know much about computers.

So is there a better deal out there (for black friday?)

Been looking for a desktop replacement laptop for 6 months. Saw the same computer on woot in Aug & Oct. Told myself if the price ever hit below $600 I would pull the trigger. In for one on this deal. Thanks woot.

Couldn't find another deal with the same specs for this awesome a price. Will probably swap out the 2GB ram for a 4GB to max it at 8GB.

Otherwise, this computer will be hooked up to an external display, keyboard, mouse, and speaker so screen size, resolution, and speaker is not an issue for me.