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Laptop Now or wait for Christmas Sales?

1Strive

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Getting wife a laptop. What will be cheaper. Now or Sale? Sometimes they say sale but it ain't.:banghead:


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Christmas present :rockout:
 

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Yeah, and I just noticed that dell has already started it's holiday ad campain.
 
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Many new laptops being launched in Q1. Means prices of current models will drop significantly in Jan/Feb. Buy some flowers. Print an I.O.U. for Valentines, Feb 14. Can she wait that long? If so, 1 present, 2 holidays. Great. With the money u save... buy some more kit. (For Xmas). LOL :roll:
 

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deffinatly wait till after the crimbo sales have started get yourself something abit better for your money :D
 
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usually there are lots of price drops after christmas because of overstocking so I would wait for that plus with technology that one to two months may mean the difference between a dual core and a quad core for the same price :)
 

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i too think i may take advantage of this years after-christmas sales
ive finally come to the sad realization that gaming on a notebook just isnt worth it
so im going to sell this xps laptop and save the money until after xmas to get something good
 
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