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Walmart Offers Sub-$500 laptop With Linspire

Posted by timothy on from the how-much-is-that-in-simolians dept.

LehiNephi writes "Cnet reports that Walmart is offering a sub-$500 notebook running Linspire. The specs are less-than impressive: a 1GHz VIA C3 processor, 128 MB RAM, 30GB hard drive, and a plain vanilla CD-ROM. Seems overpriced for what you get, but cheap nonetheless. And yes, it does run Linux."

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  1. Seems cheap for what you get ... by airrage · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... you must be unfamiliar with Wal-Mart.

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    1. Re:Seems cheap for what you get ... by the+unbeliever · · Score: 5, Funny

      that .1ghz also equates to about double the performance of the "1ghz" VIA C3 chip.

  2. Runs Linux by Vampyre_Dark · · Score: 5, Funny

    It DOES run linux?
    Well, I think this is the reason there are no posts. ^_^

  3. What everyone wants to know.. by x.Draino.x · · Score: 5, Funny

    But can it run Windows?

    1. Re:What everyone wants to know.. by RollingThunder · · Score: 4, Funny

      Within... *hdd grinds* certain defi-*pause*nitions of *hdd melts down due to excessive paging* fine.

    2. Re:What everyone wants to know.. by IO+ERROR · · Score: 5, Funny

      It can run Windows but you're going to have a hard time finding drivers for the Linmodem.

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    3. Re:What everyone wants to know.. by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't worry, the modem works fine under Line.

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  4. Plain AND Vanilla! by JDRipper · · Score: 3, Funny

    "and a plain vanilla CD-ROM" Wow! Both plain AND vanilla! Walmart to the T!

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  5. Re:Notebooks for $500.00? by badboy_tw2002 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're buying a computer from Wal-Mart odds are you do not know how to install windows. You probably don't even know how to turn the thing on. You probabably do know how to skin a deer, and you probably own a t-shirt that says "Who Farted?"

  6. Re:I wonder if they include a disclamer... by SoCalChris · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I were I teenager and my parents got me this computer, I would be plenty pissed off. If not immediately, then as soon as I tried to buy gaming software for it.

    And if I were your parent, I'd smack your dumb, ingrateful ass around for bitching about the laptop that I just bought you with my hard earned money.

    Then I'd make your lazy ass go get a job and buy your own.

  7. Re:I wonder if they include a disclamer... by bm17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just don't undersand! You're not the boss of me! I hate you I hate you I hate you!!!