$298 Laptop at Wal-Mart Starts On Sunday
Starting Sunday, Wal-Mart will offer the 15.6-inch Compaq Presario notebook for $298
Looking to save a buck while buying a laptop? If so, Wal-Mart will have you come calling with the $298 Compaq Presario 15.6-inch notebook (CQ60-419WM) when it goes on sale this Sunday, July 26. The low pricetag appears to be retaliation against Best Buy's laptop challenge that offers a 15-inch Acer laptop for $299 (already sold out).
According to this Wal-Mart blog, the laptop features the AMD Sempron SI-42 CPU clocking in at 2.10 GHz, Nvidia's GeForce 8200M GPU, 3 GB of RAM, a 160 GB hard drive, a SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer support, and built-in 802.11b/g WLAN support. The laptop also comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit) and a 60-day trial of Norton Internet Security 2009.
"Quantities are limited and will begin selling at 8:00 AM on Sunday, July 26th," the blog stated. "May want to pass that along because we expect this one will be quite popular."
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So whats the point in reporting on a U.S product release on the U.K site.
Maybe I should just jump a plane and get in the Q?
Well - I sort of like this article... Check the specs... it's like the macbook except one core less, one gig of memory more and obviously... except for the price - which just shows all fo us how much is the apple-tax...
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Hmmm $298 vs $999