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Old 01-31-2010, 08:07 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: i5-430M -OR- i7-720QM ?
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Originally Posted by Histidine View Post
That's because Asus doesn't ship barebones, they ship their models with CPU, hard drive, and everything else. So if you upgrade the processor, you're paying for the processor the model shipped with, PLUS the processor you're upgrading to. Has very little to do with labor and nothing to do with warranties.
But the price difference of N61JA processors listed at XoticPC/PNB are huge and much more than the actual processor price. Which means i5-430M costs approx $0 which is included with the default configuration ?
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