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Sure 100 bucks is cheap.....but these days you can go online and buy a complete used system for 100 bucks...thats with at least 64 mb ram...10 gig hdd and fairly decent video card and more.
If you want to save the enviroment the best way is to recycle used computers.

Look at this place for example...most everything they sell is used.. computer geeks

Computergeeks is showing the QX3 as back in stock Monday morning for $42.50 with around 400 units available. The stock they had listed on the website went from 360 to zero yesterday.

You can still get some decent deals on line (Computergeeks.com, anyone?) but overall you're not going to save a great deal on the MSRP online -- unless you're bargain hunting or the site is running a promotion.

Companies finally realized that they can't survive on razor-thin and non-existant margins. The stores that thrive on the 'Net will be ones that offer things that can't be easily found locally -- like the stuff at PCMods, ThinkGeek and all kinds of collector goods. It's also easier to set up a distribution system online for products that don't have a wide appeal, so only producing and shipping a small number makes sense. (Computer badges come to mind...)

Playing the pricing game doesn't really help in the long run -- the stores don't make enough to survive, and it hurts the companies who make the products. If people get used to the idea, for example, that they can buy Red Hat at cost they'll be reluctant to pay full price -- ever. If online stores run enough promotions, people simply learn to wait for the next deep discount instead of buying when they want the product.

I still prefer to do my shopping for many things online (books, computer parts) but I'd rather browse when looking for CDs or clothing.

Computer Geeks often has decent refurb machines in the $99 to $300 range. They also have a lot of very cheap barebones systems if you're after more modern kit.

I also bought my kid a cheap $30 ish usb sub-megapixel camera for Christmas.

Check out Computer Geeks. They often have various cheapo digital cameras. It varies depending on when you look. Click Digital Cameras on the left side of the page.

There is a third choice, somewhat unjustly rejected by the author of the review in the article, an MP3/CD player such as Pine on ThinkGeek, or the Genica/Tavarua/MPTrip player at CoputerGeeks, mentioned previously somewhere among the comments here. I own a Genica, and while the craftsmanship, user interface and battery life leaves something to be desired, it offers the best storage/dollar option.Granted, judging from the reviews, I was extremely lucky to get a Genica that worked flawlessly out of the box, but there are other, albeit more expensive MP3/CD players out.