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    • creaytC
      creayt
      last edited by

      Looks like they just went on sale. The decked out 512GB SSD model is now $1149.

      http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&catEntryId=960658&quantity=1

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      • creaytC
        creayt
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        The biggest hassle of ordering from HP though is THE GD WAIT.

        Order placed on 09/13, won't be here until 10/02.

        They sell this model at Best Buy and on Amazon, but you can't swap out the drive or add more RAM because the bottom case is one single intricate piece that requires careful physical separation and dismantling and when I tried it it was impossible without special tools, so I ended up ordering an SSD one on their site.

        The good news though is I think the SSD in the HP.com ones is an M2, which is nice and the price is very right.

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        • MattSpellerM
          MattSpeller @creayt
          last edited by MattSpeller

          @creayt said:

          The biggest hassle of ordering from HP though is THE GD WAIT.

          Not to worry man, they're sending your gear to the NSA. You can feel safer already!

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          • creaytC
            creayt @MattSpeller
            last edited by

            @MattSpeller said:

            @creayt said:

            The biggest hassle of ordering from HP though is THE GD WAIT.

            Not to worry man, they're sending your gear to the NSA. You can feel safer already!

            I actually would be totally down with that hahaha.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by

              For some reason I feel my lowly servers, computers and laptops would only be a detriment to the NSA's monitoring services.

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller
                last edited by

                for reference:

                http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/28/9410845/carly-fiorina-nsa-hp-servers

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  Yeah, she sounds like one of those people that needs to be water boarded to learn anything.

                  Like that Water Boarding F***** sucks

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    Not that I don't disagree, do what needs be done to protect people everywhere.

                    But it's just insane the way she comes off.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      Giving the government servers the day after 9-11, I'm fine with that.

                      The NSA possibly intercepting new hardware while in transit and implanting malware so they can spy on the new owners - nope I can never be behind that!

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller @Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        @Dashrender "giving"

                        I can't fault them for it, though I'm enraged by what they were used for. If HP knew anything about that at all, to hell with them.

                        NSA does intercept hardware in transit, and I agree, it's crap.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          Darnitall. The Zotac Magnus EN970 that we really want went on sale at Amazon already and there are just four units left. We literally missed getting one before coming to Nicaragua by about 48 hours. Had it released by Thursday of last week we would have overnighted one and had it all kitted out on Saturday and ready to go. Now we are stuck waiting until mid-December to get one.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Darnitall. The Zotac Magnus EN970 that we really want went on sale at Amazon already and there are just four units left. We literally missed getting one before coming to Nicaragua by about 48 hours. Had it released by Thursday of last week we would have overnighted one and had it all kitted out on Saturday and ready to go. Now we are stuck waiting until mid-December to get one.

                            Why not have someone spot you, get it ordered, shipped to the states, and then shipped down there. Especially if the price is such a deal?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Darnitall. The Zotac Magnus EN970 that we really want went on sale at Amazon already and there are just four units left. We literally missed getting one before coming to Nicaragua by about 48 hours. Had it released by Thursday of last week we would have overnighted one and had it all kitted out on Saturday and ready to go. Now we are stuck waiting until mid-December to get one.

                              Why not have someone spot you, get it ordered, shipped to the states, and then shipped down there. Especially if the price is such a deal?

                              Never ship to another country like that. Huge cost, huge risk. Could take months to get here, could be ruined by customs, might never make it, and the fees at the border could be as much as the device itself. Everyone recommends shipping things to other countries, never do it. If you can't bring it with you or get it locally, you can't reasonably get it until you live permanently in a country, have a well established address, have connections with the postal service and have tested it on small items many times.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                OK so last question then, why not have someone spot you and get it ordered, and just hold on to it.

                                Save your self a few bucks on the order today.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  OK so last question then, why not have someone spot you and get it ordered, and just hold on to it.

                                  Save your self a few bucks on the order today.

                                  Don't want to drop all of that money right now and then wait two months just to find out that something better came along. Or worse, run through the warranty period while we have no means of testing it.

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
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                                    Fair enough.

                                    So hijack the countries server infrastructure for your gaming needs 🙂 It can't be that difficult being where you are.

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                                    • creaytC
                                      creayt
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                                      New 17" HP models just came out

                                      6th gen quad
                                      RealSense 3D hardware
                                      GTX 950M still

                                      just ordered one. Can't take the i7-5500u seriously when the i7-6700HQ is available in the same chassis now.

                                      And now I wait another 3 weeks, sigh.

                                      If anyone else is interested, coupon code Envy25 takes 25% off of them. Mine took off almost $500 ( but went for every upgrade, you can get by a lot cheaper if you don't want the embedded 3D scanner ).

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        It has an embedded 3D scanner? Seriously? LOL That's freaking awesome.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          Hey @Minion-Queen I think my laptop just fell on the floor.... oh, it's not coming back from that. 😞

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            Oh, and I posted this from my phone, of course.

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