Gaming Notebook Includes Accidental Damage Protection
Here is something you don’t see every day. A new gaming notebook from iBUYPOWER includes accidental damage protection from spills and drops in the purchase price. The Battalion 101 CZ-10 notebook is no slouch in the performance category, with components and graphics capability to satisfy most gamers out of the box. That box starts at $1,235, which is not that bad for a gaming notebook. It’s got that damage protection, too, because you know how you gamers are with equipment — throwing it around and all.
You can bump the 2 GB of memory and 2.66 GHz processor to 4 GB and 2.93 GHz for some extra cash if you wish. The notebook should start shipping in early June.
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I only see a 4GB memory option, no 2GB choice. I also have to laugh at the fact that it costs extra to have XP instead of Vista lol.
Asus gives Accidental Damage Protection also for 1 year. On the Asus W90Vp-A1 Amazon page:
Accidents happen. But when they happen to your ASUS notebook purchased in the US or Canada, you have extra protection. Whether your notebook is damaged by accidental spills, drops, electrical surges, or fire, ASUS will fix it or replace it for you for one year.**
Warranty covering accidental drops, spills, power surges, and fire damage
Target 3 business day turnaround time for repair / replacement; not including receiving and shipping time
One-way shipping (from ASUS to the user) at no additional cost
24-hour toll-free phone support
One incident covered per notebook
Toshiba and HP also offer this as an extra for their notebooks. I don’t see why including this in the price makes it such a big deal. There are better gaming notebooks out there than this one.
Dell’s offered this for years on their notebooks too, had it on every Dell notebook I’ve owned, and they’ve always come through when I had an issue.