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Story: Wal-Mart Breaks Price Barrier with $498 Linux Laptop Running LinspireTotal Replies: 2
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peragrin

Dec 20, 2004
6:48 AM EST 		My mother has been looking for an inexpensive laptop. Have to go see if it has a cd burner and i might be able to get her to switch. Should be easy if the modem is working out of the box.

attiladehun

Dec 21, 2004
7:16 AM EST 		For a mere fifty USD more, you get an AMD 1.1GHz processor instead of a rebadged Cyrix (with all that entails), 10 gig more in hard drive space, and a DVDROM instead of CDROM (no burner included). So, the only point of this exercise is another press release from the Lindows world about their product. Big fardling deal.
AnonymousCoward

Dec 21, 2004
3:27 PM EST 		USD$498 == AUD$650; plus USD$50 is AUD$716. The cheapest new laptop I can buy here in Oz is $1449: "Acer TravelMate 2303LC, Celeron M 340 (1.5Ghz) 256mb DDR, 15" TFT, 40gb HDD, Combo CD-RW/DVD Drive, 10/100 Lan, 56k Modem, MS Windows XP HOME". If the retailers were allowed (!) to sell it without XP Home, that would be about $1400 (or USD$1070). It's a higher-spec machine, but 50% more expensive.

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