Consumers Plug Into Electronics Deals (Investor's Business Daily)

Consumers Plug Into Electronics Deals (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The prospect of cheap HDTVs and notebook computers was enough to convince many consumers to wait for hours in line outside U.S. retail stores Friday for early bird sales.

HP Beats Q4 Views On Notebook PCs, Raises Q1 Guidance (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Tech bellwether Hewlett-Packard smashed fourth-quarter sales and earnings estimates Monday on strong sales of notebook computers and raised first-quarter guidance heading into the key holiday shopping season.

RE: Indian Manufacturing Sector
...desktop computers in the quarter ended September and plans to increase capacity of the factory by one-fourth to also make notebook computers...

Was this a good deal?
OK, so this is my first laptop, I paid $699.99 (CAD) plus tax for it.