$24000 Laptop? You read the price right (but I hope it's wrong)

SemiCycle · 02-20-05, 07:20 PM

I've scanned over this page for almost 2 hours and I still can't understand why this laptop is $24,000. There is nothing present on this thing that hasn't been done at least a year before. The pivoting screen was even done by Gateway over a year ago.

http://elementcomputer.com/store/pro...products_id=33

When I look over the specs, I don't see why this thing should cost more then $700. Can someone help me see what I MUST be missing.

apu318 · 02-20-05, 07:22 PM

It's a tablet pc... not a laptop. It has a touchscreen, handwriting recognition, ect.

pcgamer4life · 02-20-05, 07:29 PM

[quote] Now only available in bulk purchases (24 units)[quote]
Might be the reason, but not sure. Then again, that would put each system at ~$1,000 which seems under-priced.
Maybe it was a typo.

Aslan · 02-20-05, 07:29 PM

To me it looks like a price error, but I could be wrong. My cousin has a tablet with similar features, and it cost no where near that. Most, if not all Tablet PC's should have features such a touchscreen and handwriting support, and they don't go for more than $2000-3000.
However, that one does have a 14.1" screen, and that may be the result of the high price. Most tablets are usually 12.1" or lower.

SemiCycle · 02-20-05, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by apu318

It's a tablet pc... not a laptop. It has a touchscreen, handwriting recognition, ect.

But like I said, that has been done before

http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/...501734nv.shtml

Even a bonified Fujitsu tablet PC(they make some of the best ever) IS a fraction of the cost of this thing.

Fr3ak · 02-20-05, 07:32 PM

lmao
tbh its a tablet pc with a touchscreen, but all other specs are defp not worth more than 1200$. cpu is slow as hell and the battery only lasts 3h...

d94 · 02-20-05, 07:57 PM

yea, this makes no sense..
IT HAS A VIA CPU!
thats a real piece of a cpu when you compair it to a pentium or an amd

meionm · 02-20-05, 08:21 PM

I think the price is 24 units

RJARRRPCGP · 02-20-05, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by d94

yea, this makes no sense..
IT HAS A VIA CPU!
thats a real piece of a cpu when you compair it to a pentium or an amd

I agree!!! In fact, I rather just build an Athlon 64 FX55 system with a Radeon X850 XT PE or a GeForce 6800 Ultra if I had to spend that much!!!

With that price, I minus will also grab a monsterous cooler and get 3.5 ghz out of it. LOL.

I'm not spending that kind of money for a system with an outdated processor and video card!!!

That laptop PC is a joke.

d94 · 02-20-05, 09:04 PM

i think they strait up made a pricing error, or havent updated the site from the day they made it

ZachM · 02-20-05, 11:27 PM

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Now only available in bulk purchases (24 units)

That price is for 24 of them people. Like someone else said that puts them at only $1,000 a piece, but those don't have very good hardware. No name, 1 GHz Via processor, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive. I wouldn't buy it, even for $1,000.

9mmCensor · 02-20-05, 11:36 PM

Via isn't exactly no name.

Oroka Sempai · 02-22-05, 02:16 PM

I like the touch screen tablet idea, it would be great for the photoshop work I do, but I dont want 24 of them

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I actually worked on a 800mhz VIA system a month ago... and untill that point, I never even knew VIA made CPUs.

ozzlo · 02-22-05, 02:28 PM

get 4, 6 port kvm switches and a nice tall rack with 24 shelves... network em... and make a nice blade server

then make the kvm hotswappable and then paint em in 24 differen't colors/patterns and so when you wake up... just pick the one that blends in best with your clothes for use throught the day

i got way too much time on my hands....

Sentential · 02-22-05, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ZachM

That price is for 24 of them people. Like someone else said that puts them at only $1,000 a piece, but those don't have very good hardware. No name, 1 GHz Via processor, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive. I wouldn't buy it, even for $1,000.

Yea you beat me to the punch. Its a factor of quantitiy and not quality lol.

MLMIB · 02-22-05, 02:53 PM

for 1000 it'd make a decent note taking and schedualing machine, just upgrade the battery 'n you'd be set

ZachM · 02-22-05, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 9mmCensor

Via isn't exactly no name.

I meant the laptop is no-name. Not the processor.

Avro · 02-22-05, 05:56 PM

why is there a question mark behind via when it lists the cpu

02-20-05, 07:20 PM	Thread Starter #1
SemiCycle Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hampton Roads. VA	$24000 Laptop? You read the price right (but I hope it's wrong) I've scanned over this page for almost 2 hours and I still can't understand why this laptop is $24,000. There is nothing present on this thing that hasn't been done at least a year before. The pivoting screen was even done by Gateway over a year ago. http://elementcomputer.com/store/pro...products_id=33 When I look over the specs, I don't see why this thing should cost more then $700. Can someone help me see what I MUST be missing. __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right, but 3 left turns do When you don't know what you are doing, do it neatly. HEATWARE http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=14214
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apu318 Disabled Join Date: May 2004 Location: Welland: Most drug use per capita in Canada.	It's a tablet pc... not a laptop. It has a touchscreen, handwriting recognition, ect.
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02-20-05, 07:29 PM	#3
pcgamer4life Member Join Date: Dec 2004	[quote] Now only available in bulk purchases (24 units)[quote] Might be the reason, but not sure. Then again, that would put each system at ~$1,000 which seems under-priced. Maybe it was a typo. __________________ Intel i3 550@3.2 ghz 4GB Patriot Sector5 DDR3-1600 + 4GB Kingston HyperX ATI Radeon 6870 1TB + 500gb WD Green
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Aslan Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Vancouver, Canada	To me it looks like a price error, but I could be wrong. My cousin has a tablet with similar features, and it cost no where near that. Most, if not all Tablet PC's should have features such a touchscreen and handwriting support, and they don't go for more than $2000-3000. However, that one does have a 14.1" screen, and that may be the result of the high price. Most tablets are usually 12.1" or lower.
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Fr3ak Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany	lmao tbh its a tablet pc with a touchscreen, but all other specs are defp not worth more than 1200$. cpu is slow as hell and the battery only lasts 3h...
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meionm Member Join Date: Mar 2004	I think the price is 24 units
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d94 $30 a phone Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: 48302	i think they strait up made a pricing error, or havent updated the site from the day they made it __________________ Antec 300 Intel Q6600 @ 3.7 - X48-DS4 - 4gb ddr2 - 500w Earthwatt's - 52" Sharp Aquos LC-52D64U 1x 640GB WD - 2x 1TB Greenpower - 2x 400GB Seagate - ATI 4830 512mb @ 680/975 3DMark Vanage 7402 3DMark05 20,447 3DMark06 13,693 Emachines amd x2 5000+ @ 2.9ghz w/foxconn bios - 2gb ddr2 stock POS 300w - 400gb Seagate - diNovo + VX Revolution MacBook Air - 1.6ghz c2d - 2gb ddr2 - 80gb heatware
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Oroka Sempai Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Port Elgin, Canada	I like the touch screen tablet idea, it would be great for the photoshop work I do, but I dont want 24 of them . I actually worked on a 800mhz VIA system a month ago... and untill that point, I never even knew VIA made CPUs. __________________ [Primary][Cooler Master Elite 430 Black][ASUS M4A88TD-M][Phenom II X6 1100T BE][Xigmatek HDT-S1283][4GB Corsair Vengeance LP1600][ASUS 6850 1GB][LG BH10LS30 10X][OCZ Agility 3 90GB & Segate 1TB][Windows 7 Ultimate 64] [Server][Thermaltake Armour Jr][ASUS M2A-VA][Athlon X2 7750 BE][POS HSF][4GB Buffalo Select][HIS Radeon X1950 XT 256MB][LG DVD-RW][WD 160GB][Windows 7 Ultimate 64]
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ozzlo Senior whose title will pierce the heavens! Join Date: Mar 2002	get 4, 6 port kvm switches and a nice tall rack with 24 shelves... network em... and make a nice blade server then make the kvm hotswappable and then paint em in 24 differen't colors/patterns and so when you wake up... just pick the one that blends in best with your clothes for use throught the day i got way too much time on my hands.... __________________ . . . . . . .HELP!!!. . . . . . RAWR!!! . . . . . . . . .\. . . . . . . . / __________\0/_____/\__________
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