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Re: Laptop Wars!

Another thing to look out for is the upgrades. They may advertise a laptop for $499 but if you want to add more memory, a bigger hard drive, or upgrade to a larger screen, that's where they'll hit you.

I did get a Dell flier in the mail the other day and saw the deals although I have since tossed it. The thing that got me about it is that I bought (won) a used Toshiba laptop last year off eBay for $418 where I could get a new one now for just a little more. That $499 laptop would work fine for me since I use the one I won as a 'second' laptop and don't play any games on it. I purposely looked to eBay so I wouldn't have had to spend a grand or so.
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