I was one of the lucky recipients to get this deal. My local Walmart handed out numbered vouchers in the automotive department around 11pm Saturday night. I was number 3 in line and had been waiting in line from 9:30pm on. They had 20 laptops total. And if you didn’t redeem your voucher by 12:30am Sunday morning, they were selling them on a first come basis. It is a very nice laptop for the price. I also bought a wireless router and LOVE it.

Congrats on scoring the v5305wm. Are you replacing another notebook?

I got one at my local Wal-Mart at 9:00AM Sunday. This store was open 24hrs but I dreaded the thouight of standing in line at midnight. Just stopped by to see what I missed, and I guess I got lucky! Best computer Value I have ever seen. Very pleased with this unit and would buy another one or recommend it to anyone needing an entry level computershould the opportunity come up again.

“Xavier
Nov 6th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Congrats on scoring the v5305wm. Are you replacing another notebook? ”

This is my 1st notebook. I was torn between buying another desktop or getting a laptop. When I saw the price of the v5305wm, I knew what I was going with. I haven’t done too much with it yet. I installed a wireless router and adjusted some settings on the it. It has a nice 15.4″ widescreen display. It seems huge compared to my portable DVD player. It may be a little bulky for some people, but since this is my first, I don’t think I’ll notice it too much. I changed some settings on the touchpad and have already gotten used to it. I bought a travel mouse, but I think I like the touchpad better. I’m also in the process of setting up a network so I can share files with my desktop. I’ve browsed the Internet and it seems somewhat fast for a cable connection. I still have a lot I’d like to do, like add music and pictures to the Microsoft Media Center, but so far, I love it.

[...] A leaked Black Friday ad from Circuit City has a Compaq Presario notebook listed for $299. We are trying to verify the details right now, but it will likely be the Compaq Presario C306US, a 15.4-inch widescreen, which is very similar to Walmart’s Compaq v305wm, but with a bigger hard drive and DVD burner. The Compaq C306US is powered by an Intel Celeron M processor and includes 512MB of memory and 80GB hard drive. This is a decent notebook for basic home and student use. The retailers are still duking it out over who will have the cheapest notebook for the holidays, but Circuit City holds the lead right now with the Compaq C306US. There are rumors flying around that at least one major retailer will sell a notebook for $199 on Black Friday. Before you set your heart on this computer, remember you’ll have to wake up early as this price is only good from 5am to noon on Black Friday. We’ll try to verify this deal and update it. Product Page [...]

How is it all of you people get the laptop a day *before* the sale starts? The ad SPECIFICALLY states NO RAIN CHECKS! I was at my local Wal*Mart Supercenter at about 12:00am monday morning. It turns out I wasn’t so lucky as they handed out tickets a day before. The electronics department at my Wal*Mart was mobbed full of people complaining about how they handed out tickets a day before the sale even started. That’s CRULE, and unfair! Handing out tickets is basically the same thing as a rain check, which by the way the ad says “sorry - no rain checks”. I bet those idiots gave all of their laptops to their employees.

They handed out vouchers an hour before they went on sale. They weren’t rain checks because you had to use the vouchers before 12:30 am, otherwise you were out of luck. I asked someone in electronics about the notebook several days before the sale and was told how it would work. Knowing that the minimum per store was only 15, I arrived at the store around 9:30 Saturday night. The cash register couldn’t even read the barcode correctly until 12:01 am- the day of the sale (Sunday morning). 12:00 am Monday morning would be a day after the sale started. And at my local Wal-mart, there was only one employee in line and he stood in line just like everyone else. Every single notebook was accounted for by people who were in line. Even if we had to stand in line until 12:00 am or later, we all would have done it. Trust me, I was 3rd in line and witnessed every single voucher being handed out. My store had 20 total- more than the minimum stated in the ad. There was probably around 50 people in line and 30 of them were not too pleased, but if they wanted one bad enough, they should have waited til 12:30 am and waited to see if everyone else returned to redeem the voucher. As far as I could tell, only 1 person stuck around to find out if someone did not redeem their voucher. Chances are that person got a notebook also, because I’m sure at least one person did not return.

My parents got me this and im loving it im able to pick up wifi where ever i go and im able to play all the latest games that i like to play like World of Warcraft and psoBB.

just to let you know that I had purchased my v5305wm on Nov 5,2006 and as of now ( July 24,2007), it is still going strong! I haven’t had a single problem with it. the only upgrade I did perform was memory to bump it up from 512 megs to 1 gig. I did receive my Free Vista upgrade,but for now, i have decided to wait as XP has been running with no problems at all. it has been a great purchase for me.

I bought my Presario v5305 on Nov 5, 2006 and am using it as I write. My store’s allotment was only 5(very small town - 3,000 pop). I was #2 in line - store opened at 6:00am - got there at 5:15 or so. Bought it for my granddaughter, but kept it for a year and gave it to her this Christmas (she’s now 10). Last year she asked at the last minute for a Nintendo DS - so my husband has enjoyed using the Presario for a year. It continues to work like a charm. Great Buy.