Walmart Hits New Low

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SgtRush

Dec 22 2004, 08:15 PM

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., famous for marking down everything from housewares to hand lotion, has lowered the bar on discount computing by offering a sub-$500 laptop.

The giant retailer already sells a desktop computer by Hewlett-Packard Co. for just under $500, but the introduction of the "Balance" 14-inch portable in the same range breaks a perceived price barrier in the notebook-computer market.

http://www.stltoday.com/business

Tyrano

Dec 23 2004, 02:57 AM

and it comes with linux instead of windows

u533m3n0t

Dec 23 2004, 02:18 PM

Not too shabby. Maybe the rest of the laptop prices will start to fall now...and hopefully come packaged with Linux.

passi

Dec 26 2004, 11:00 AM

Wow, seems like WalMArt is f****ng leet

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Wal-Mart's Balance has a 14-inch-diagonal viewing screen, a 1-gigahertz processor, 128 megabytes of preinstalled memory - expandable to 512 megabytes - a 30-gigabyte hard drive and a CD-ROM drive.

Thats perfect! Really, this hardware is enough for a mobile hackin' machine on linux

If I only had 500USD....

jubbly

Jan 6 2005, 09:45 AM

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The open-source Linspire system - formerly Lindows - resembles Windows and includes the Mozilla-made Firefox Web browser. But the Balance also has preinstalled tutorials to walk new users through the Linspire environment

At least they are trying to encourage people to linux with the tutorials and offering one of the strongest browsers packaged. This might see more people moving across.

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Help - Search - Member List - Calendar Full Version: Walmart Hits New Low GovernmentSecurity.org > General GSO > In The News SgtRush Dec 22 2004, 08:15 PM Wal-Mart Stores Inc., famous for marking down everything from housewares to hand lotion, has lowered the bar on discount computing by offering a sub-$500 laptop. The giant retailer already sells a desktop computer by Hewlett-Packard Co. for just under $500, but the introduction of the "Balance" 14-inch portable in the same range breaks a perceived price barrier in the notebook-computer market. http://www.stltoday.com/business Tyrano Dec 23 2004, 02:57 AM and it comes with linux instead of windows u533m3n0t Dec 23 2004, 02:18 PM Not too shabby. Maybe the rest of the laptop prices will start to fall now...and hopefully come packaged with Linux. passi Dec 26 2004, 11:00 AM Wow, seems like WalMArt is f****ng leet QUOTE Wal-Mart's Balance has a 14-inch-diagonal viewing screen, a 1-gigahertz processor, 128 megabytes of preinstalled memory - expandable to 512 megabytes - a 30-gigabyte hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. Thats perfect! Really, this hardware is enough for a mobile hackin' machine on linux If I only had 500USD.... jubbly Jan 6 2005, 09:45 AM QUOTE The open-source Linspire system - formerly Lindows - resembles Windows and includes the Mozilla-made Firefox Web browser. But the Balance also has preinstalled tutorials to walk new users through the Linspire environment At least they are trying to encourage people to linux with the tutorials and offering one of the strongest browsers packaged. This might see more people moving across. This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.