The rise of the $299 Wal-Mart laptop

There's a new $299 laptop in vogue at stores--and it's not a Netbook.

These laptops sport big screens, optical drives, plenty of memory, and reasonable graphics horsepower. In other words, this is nothing like a $299 Netbook.

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Lee said:

It goes to show that the netbook isn't all it is cracked up to be. Saw one of these at our local Wal-Mart, and their not bad looking laptops. Better value for the dollar than a netbook. :)

yep you are right. Why to pay the same amount for a netbook when you can get something bigger in the similar prize? If i'd have been in U.S., i'd have bought one.

Faxing a $ 299 special to Dinesh

Oh thanks.

Wow,

A full-bore laptop for Less-than the price of Windows 7 Ultimate!
And you get 7 Home Preemie FREE....

Didn't read everything, but did catch:

Vista Home Premium (qualified for free Windows 7 upgrade)

No wonder they went faster than cod-cakes.. Uhh, pancakes...:)

i dont even want to imagine what a "cod-cake" is....

i have seen any of these lappys yet. im starting to think about investing in a laptop. this might be the best thing since sliced bread. (AND a free upgrade?, w00t!)

holo88 said:

i have seen any of these lappys yet. im starting to think about investing in a laptop. this might be the best thing since sliced bread. (AND a free upgrade?, w00t!)

If you're near 'the city', you could install your free copy of Win 7 Professional on it:

New York City, NY Launch Event | Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010

If they're not filled up...

See 'Harpua's post on SevenForums.
I caught one in Denver area... :)

sadly the closest thing to a "city" near me, are those giant d**do-looking things that farmers use to store weat and stuff.

i'll keep that in mind though, if i somehow escape "the void", and get back to civilization