I went to the staples site and entered my zipcode to find the store near me then from there you can view the local ad and in the ad you can see this actual advertisement and the other sales they have listed from May4th to May10th.
This was posted by someone on the other forum that just went
to staples, Quote:
Do not worry about them running out of these laptops. I went today and the manager said that any orders placed this week will be filled at the 399 price. They are NOT limited by stock on hand.
lets see if I can post the screen shot of the actual ad here.
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I dont know ravencajun, I dont have much faith in Compaq. I have seen more problems with people that have owned them than with possibly any other brand

Well HP now owns Compaq and I have had extremely good luck with all my HP computers so the newer stuff that is HP owned Compaq might be a lot better than the old Compaq was.
I have no experience with Compaq nor have I heard many reports.

I saw this laptop on a Radio Shack ad.
Acer Aspire AS5315-2122 Laptop PC
Reg.: $549.99
$399.99
(after rebate)
thru May 17
Model: AS5315-2122
Catalog #: 25-430

Online: In stock
Usually ships in 1 - 2 business days
$150 Mail-ln RadioShack Prepaid MasterCard® Offer-Acer Aspire AS5315-2122 Laptop PC .

Usually ships in 1 - 2 business days

Other ways to get it
In store:
Available at most stores

Maryanntx- that series of Acer (5315) here in Canada (having trouble with the Acer.com site) only has a Celeron processor and would only be good for the most basic of tasks. Its probably like putting a 4 cylinder engine in a full size pickup and wondering why it has no power. Still, the fact that any new laptop can be bought for under $400 is quite remarkable(we dont get those prices up here in Canada)

I love my HP/Compaq, they make a great PC and with AMD it's the Best1 also you can't beat online or 800# tech support Free for live, very easy to use like a chat and very nice helpful ppl.

Ravencajun, any ideas on this one ?.. Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop Computer Intel® Celeron® 550 (2.0GHz, 533Mhz, 1M L2 Cache) 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz Jet Black Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800) 80GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) CD Writer / DVD player (Combo Drive)..

You think it is a good one for basic office use?

Here is a link that might be useful: Dell inspiron deals

anjk the link below gives 250 user reviews. The first 6 give glowing reports on this laptop.

Here are more reviews and some comparison charts against other computers

Here is a link that might be useful: Inspiron 1525 reviews

anjk I would look for one that has a better processor the Celerons are the very low end of the scale. So I would stay away from the ones with Celeron.

the links in owbist post are for the version of that laptop with the intel dual core processor that is very different than the celeron processor version you posted asking about.

The dual core would be a much better choice however it is of course more expensive, well worth it though.
They seem to use the same model number with various processor choices which is a bit confusing.

Celerons just do not have much power especially if you will be using it in your office applications.

That is wonderful. Thanks ravencajun and owbist. You have been so helpful.