expired eMachines eM350-21G16i $210 (after $39 Cashback until 31/08) from HN
This was posted 2 years 8 months 28 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Stumble upon this when I was in HN today. Plenty left at HN Chadstone.
eMachines eM350-21G16i ($249) and $39 cashback
Intel Atom 1.6 (N450)
1GB Memory
160 GB
10.1"
802.11 b/g/n
XP Home
Battery 6 hrs (I think they meant 3 cell battery not 3 hrs)
Redeem from (valid until 31 Aug 2010)
http://redemption.emachines.com.au/ecprod/ACA/Projects/CashB...
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pogichinoy on 29/08/2010 - 18:26 ¶Great deal, like the one HN had back during the Easter long weekend.
Good laptop too.
Shadowsfury on 29/08/2010 - 19:29 ¶The upper part of the ad says 3 cell battery
The Specs list 3 hours.
I think it'll be a 3 cell. You'd be hard pressed to get the number wrong twice.
3 cell, but 6 hour life. Is that doable with Atoms?
+2 votesI have one of these and the 3 cell battery rarely lasts more than 2 hours doing very little but power my USB wireless modem for web browsing and running Cakewalk Pro (midi score editor). The lappy doesn't have enough screen brightness settings to really cut down the power usage.
+1 voteLink to the product.
http://www.emachines.com.au/em/product.do?ctx1w.att21k=2&Lan...
super_ace89 on 29/08/2010 - 20:55 ¶any difference between this one and the em250 that was on sale a couple months ago? apart from this one having 1.66ghz and the other 1.6ghz?
-1 voteMetalPhreak on 30/08/2010 - 01:09 ¶Its not really even the CPUs that draw the power. The older atom netbooks had something like a 5w atom CPU with the 15w intel GMA950 integrated chipset. Benefits of the atom low power usage were thrown away because they wanted to use up all their old stock of chipsets :P Then you have things like wifi cards, harddrives etc that all draw the same power.
Swapping an N270 for an N450 won't give you a huge difference in battery life.
I can push 10+ hours on my 9" acer netbook (the first ones that came out). But i've got a 12-cell battery for it :P
really??
doesn't even say it on their webpage :S -> http://www.emachines.com.au/em/product.do?ctx1w.att21k=2&Lan...
- +2 votes
here's an informative review of the product
Adrenaline on 30/08/2010 - 01:38 ¶Anyone seen this in other HN?
in the market for one of this as well.
Nice deal…
But I'm still going to hold out for the N550 equipped dual core netbooks (though there is a $699 price premium, so it's not exactly a cheap netbook!)
My current N270 based Acer Aspire one has been unimpressive so far. I need something with a little more grunt.
debargaine on 30/08/2010 - 11:07 ¶Does anyone know if the supplied power pack supports 110 Volts ? (I am planning to travel to Japan and US later in the year). The specs at http://www.emachines.com.au/em/product.do?ctx1w.att21k=2&Lan... don't make this clear.
I think people buy it because its cheap, portable, small and weighs only 1kg
When do we ever see a brand new laptop around $250.
I don't think manufacturers like selling stuff cheap, cause they don't make much money out of it. Even as technology improves, manufacturers have an "out with the old, in with the new" mentality.
The more profit they make the better for the company.
+1 votetemptingdeals on 30/08/2010 - 16:54 ¶Just got 1 from HN(Chadstone) Melbourne….
249+63(24month warranty)
it comes with 12month manufacturer warranty
so 36month warranty in total- debargaine on 30/08/2010 - 22:44 ¶
Picked up one tonight at Harvey Norman Broadway (when I called earlier in the day they had 40 in stock). I paid $236 ($197 after cash back!) as they price matched Auburn per @ispayks. Thanks OzBargain!!!
ballsofsteel on 30/08/2010 - 23:17 ¶Anyone know whether its possible to buy spare batteries / 6 cell batteries for this laptop?
Also can do they an interstate price match? Im in WA btw.
- temptingdeals on 31/08/2010 - 00:32 ¶
I've been trying to search on ebay,etc…no spare batteries for this model were found…appreciate if anyone knows..
$249??? What was that $339 what they told me then? Maybe em250, normal hardley normal…
Called martin place hn and they didn't have stock but said the price is $249. Called broadway and the guy insisted em350 being $329… after jerking around fair bit more with different salesdudes the price ended up being $249 - cashback.
So $13 worse deal that it was before, but now I really do not feel like going to hn anymore :o)
where's Gary (gwhse) now!? :P
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/23929?page=1#comment-181804
da1andonly on 31/08/2010 - 16:15 ¶Nice deal even cheaper at $236. Just got it, but did I just get suckered into a $47 extended total 3 year warranty?
You have a statutory warranty which will cover you for however long a magistrate decides it should be covered for. With a $250 netbook, I wouldn't expect anything longer than 12 months though. If something goes wrong on this machine, other than perhaps a faulty ram module, it will cost more than $47 to fix. The chances of something going wrong in 3 years? Who knows, but if the screen fails, mainboard fails etc at 2, 2 1/2 years, I think $47 would be a good investment. It's like insurance, if you use it you'll think it's excellent value for money, if you don't you'll think it's a waste.
Note: I voted + on the comment above accidently when I was trying to just reply. Anyone know how to remove a comment vote?
Just got one, but not without difficulty:
Call 1) Chadstone; but was told that the price was an error, and that real price was 339.
Call 2 and 3) I called QV (Melb cbd) and Moorabin stores to see if they had stock, but they didnt.
Call 4) I called Chadstone again, spoke to someone else, and they said that the price was only a weekend special. Back to 339.
Call 5) I then tried calling the Auburn store (thanks ispayks), and they said they do have stock, the price IS 249, but they wont send to Melb.
Not to worry I thought, as I have a brother in Sydney who could pick it up for me.Call 6) So I tried Chadstone again (3rd time), and spoke to someone else, who this time said that the price IS still 249 ! :-) I offered him my Amex numbmer over the phone to lock it in….
He then got back to me (whilst waiting to send me the CC auth form), that he was told by his mngr the price had actually returned to the 339 mark. :-(
I told the salesman (very nice guy!) that I was quoted in Auburn for 249, and that I can get it from there via my brother etc etc.. so would he match the price?
He checked with his mngr, and offered a few percet off from 339.
I made an offer for 275, which he agreed to. [works out to approx 19%]Anyways, a few more phone calls later and faxes back and forward, he called me with the SNID (11 digits, numeric only, for anyone still trying to locate it), and I've just registered it on the Redemption page.
So I was able to get it for 275 - 39 = 236…. [maybe $236 is the magical number?! see da1andonly 's post]
At least I was able to pay less than the 339 price point, and still got in with my redemption on time.
Many thanks op for posting, and to the nuice guy in HN Chadstone who (although didnt honour/match the 249, but he) did at least discount it for me.
I have had troubles too.
First I called Traralgon HN, they said they are out of stock, but some may come on 31/8/2010. So I gave them a call in the morning and they told that it "may" come on 3 pm.
HN in Moe told me that they do not have it either.
Finally, the person from Sale HN informed me that they have plenty of stock (25) and I rushed there to grab one.
It costed me $20 fuel cost, plus the hassle to drive 150 kms in total.
Bargains often come at a price :(
- freakymonstah on 31/08/2010 - 20:01 ¶
bought one from HN Chadstone. But the screen resolution is very poor. pixel blocks r visible in my one.. which is very noticeable and looks bad :(
is it only with mine?? wht bout others??A suggestive reply will be appreciated.. thnx
- freakymonstah on 31/08/2010 - 20:55 ¶
1024x600 (32 Bit color Quality)
the screen looks like OLD CRT monitors :(
- freakymonstah on 31/08/2010 - 22:28 ¶
i tried to take some but its barely visible in the photos.
I bought an Acer AOD260 the day before yesterday. It has the same exact specs. But Acer's screen quality is much much much better. Im planning to take the emachine to HN tomorrow to check if theres nething wrong :/Please advise - if it ends up being your unit itself, or the machine just has a bad dispolay. Do any of the other purchasers have feedback from their units ?
Cos I was plannnig on using it sot of as a media player etc - something for the kids to be able to watch movies on etc, maybe even in the car.
Hey, does anyone know if I can get a car (12v cig lighter) plug for it ?
The lcd screen is of bad blue backlight tint. Causes eye strains. Do not upgrade from the em250 because you will notice a big difference in build quality and lcd backlight tint. (Also, the em250 has 2 speakers (not like 1 speaker in em350), 3 usbs (2 usbs in em350) and a much better build. (Not all plastic like em350))
mocha_latte on 31/08/2010 - 21:37 ¶Got one at $249 from HN Broadway tonight.
However the first sales guy I asked didn't reduce the price from the marked price $339 after I told him about the $249 at HN Auburn.
I waited for another sales guy (more like the manager) to ask if I needed any help and told him the same story. He went away to check it out and gave me $249.
Was it my imagination or did they put Windows 7 on the display machine? I didn't pay much attention to the OS specs and only realised it's WinXP after I came home.
Hi,
I need a little help from you guys.
The power socket connected to the em350 seems quite unusual to me. I may need to use this netbook in EU countries. What is the option for me if I do not want to use a converter? Can I replace the power socket only? What are these types of socket called? Does anyone know whether it can be found on eBay.
Sorry to bother everyone with this silly question.
Thanks :)
Forgot to add:
During the redemption registration process, in the Ts & Cs, it says something about promo being offered by Acer etc.For any queries, please contact:
http://helpdesk.emachines.com.au
phone (02) 8762 3262
(STD and Mobile call charges as per your Carrier)The Promoter is Acer Computer Australia Pty Limited
(ABN 78 003 872 768)
5 Figtree Drive, Australia Centre
Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127 Australia.So maybe this is also a similar netbook to the Acer model ?… !
The lcd screen is of bad blue backlight tint. Causes eye strains. Do not upgrade from the em250 because you will notice a big difference in build quality and lcd backlight tint. (Also, the em250 has 2 speakers (not like 1 speaker in em350), 3 usbs (2 usbs in em350) and a much better build. (Not all plastic like em350)).
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is the price for the netbook is just in one HN store or australia wide?
i'm keen to buy one but the price in HN website is not $249