HP firesale!

Adam · Aug 22, 2011

Apparently HP is getting out of the tablet/PC business so they've put up a lot of their inventory at rock bottom prices, including their brand-freaking-new Touchpad lines.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...chpad-for-99/2011/08/22/gIQAtXcCWJ_story.html
16Gb Touchpad - $99
32Gb Touchpad - $159

WAT!?

Good luck getting through. Although it was just listed Saturday, it's already sold out in most places. I've been on hold for 30 minutes already at HP Canada.

Shegokigo · Aug 22, 2011

Crazy.... I still would prefer the Galaxy Tab.... Though for $160? I'd probably take the HP.

Dave · Aug 22, 2011

Will they let you buy 2?

Adam · Aug 22, 2011

Dave said:
Will they let you buy 2?

BestBuy originally said that you could only one buy one SKU type per customer (So one 16Gb and one 32Gb per person). Still waiting on hold with HP and my intent is to buy 2 (or 3).

Adam · Aug 22, 2011

Just got through, all sold out. At least the sales rep got a good laugh out of it

Frank · Aug 22, 2011

Ugh, wish I'd known about this earlier.

strawman · Aug 22, 2011

My wife just told me, when I mentioned it to her, that her friend told her about this Thursday evening, but she didn't think anything of it...

:aaah:

Seraphyn · Aug 24, 2011

My housemate bought a phone and tablet in the nick of time. The tablet is a solid piece of tech, though I would've never bought it for the original price.

Dave · Aug 24, 2011

I got a rock.

Shannow · Aug 25, 2011

yeah, the best buy's around here are actually holding them for employees to buy :/

Mathias · Aug 28, 2011

I find it funny that people are willing to shell out 100 bucks on a piece of shit just because its a 500 dollar piece of shit marked down to 100. Touchpads are all about apps. These things are already outdated.

Cog · Aug 28, 2011

Maybe they are waiting for this

Adam · Aug 28, 2011

Mathias said:
I find it funny that people are willing to shell out 100 bucks on a piece of shit just because its a 500 dollar piece of shit marked down to 100. Touchpads are all about apps. These things are already outdated.

It plays flash. That alone eliminates the need for a huge swath of apps. If you have a browser, you have the only app you need. (I say as I type this on an iPad)

Shannow · Aug 29, 2011

yeah, its getting broken for android, which having that OS on it would make it completely worth 100.