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What's The Perfect Balance For a Budget Laptop?
cheapbob writes "Recently HP officially unveiled a budget ultraportable laptop aimed to compete with the likes of Asus Eee PC. According to Compal, one of Dell's assemblers, Dell is also going to enter the budget ultra-portable market soon. All of these devices lack many of the features associated with larger-sized laptops, such as optical drives and large amounts of storage space, yet demand for them is very high. Initial reviews of these devices unsurprisingly expose them to be underpowered and lacklustre. What's the appeal? What do you think is the perfect balance of features and price point for a budget laptop?"
$100, great. Where do I buy one of these fabulous items. I can't. They run about $188 to manufacture, and if you are from the US, they charge you twice that amount, 1 for you and 1 for some poor unfortunate person out there, and I can't really afford that.
Hmmm.... I seem to be missing the pages where they are going for $100. It seems that they all seem to be selling for a bit more than that. All of the ones that are selling in the next 24 hours, seem to be going for around $300+ dollars. There a are a number of ones listed for the price of $.99 but they don't close auction for several days, so I am guessing they will sell for a bit more than that. When cheapmart starts selling them for $200, is when I will be able to get some for my Cub Scout Pack.