Compaq Presario V2417AU for $797 at Harvey Norman

Scott on 2006-01-12 at 10:27 am, filed under Compaq, Notebook

Saw the Harvey Norman ads on Southern Courier yesterday, selling Compaq Presario V2417AU for merely AUD$796, after $200 cash back from Compaq/HP. Apparently this cash back lasts until 31st January by checking different resellers.

Compaq Presario v2417au sale at Harvey Norman

That’s quite a cheap notebook after the cash back, especially from a shop usually known as “Hardly Normal”. It is quite a nice wide-screen machine as well. Here’s the spec:

Processor AMD Sempron Processor Model 3000+ (1.8GHz)
Memory 256MB DDR (333MHz)
Hard drive 40GB 4200rpm
Optical drive DVD/CD-RW combo
Graphics ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Network 10/100 Ethernet + 56K modem
Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Home
Battery 43Whr 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery
Display 14″ TFT WXGA (1280×768)
Expansion 6-in-1 Digital Media Reader slot
1x Firewire
3x USB 2.0
1x PCMCIA/Cardbus
S-video/VGA
Port Replicator connector
Headphone/Microphone
Dimensions 3.89cm(H) x 33.40cm(W) x 23.06cm(D)
Weight 2.44kg

Here’s Whirpool.net.au discussion thread on this notebook. Looks like quite a lot of people are interested.

6 Comments

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    SABRINA on 24/01/2006 at 6:57 pm

    CAN I BUY THIS IN AUSTRALIA?

    HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR RESPONCE ASAP!

    BEST REGARDS

    SABRINA

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    Anonymous on 26/01/2006 at 9:36 am

    Of course you can! Try Officeworks or Harvey Norman.

    Let us know how it goes!

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    Vinh Nguyen on 03/04/2006 at 6:09 pm

    yeah i got one at officeworks!

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    natalie. on 05/04/2006 at 1:02 pm

    hey there i baught a compaq from harvey norman in january and i sent the form away for the cash back thingo. but i still
    havent got the money whats the go there????? and what do i have to do to get it now??? thankx.

  5. Gravatar
    natalie. on 07/04/2006 at 1:32 pm

    how come no one will reply?

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    Arbee on 16/04/2006 at 12:40 am

    Well, try calling HP/Compaq. Maybe they reject your claim - you didn’t fulfil one of their 5987
    ‘terms and conditions’. Or maybe you’re just about to receive your dosh. They do say somewhere
    ‘allow 75 days’. You say you bought it in January. January + 75 days = April sometime. Best of
    luck! I’m about to claim mine now, so I guess I won’t hear from them till early July!

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