[ale] OT: $400 Laptop

[Matt Magee]

My last Wal-Mart watch lasted 3 years at a cost of $10.  Sounds like a 
good compromise to me.

If the laptop lasts 3 years for $400, I think that's a reasonable 
lifespan for a budget product.  Maybe it will, maybe it won't.  At $400, 
it would be hard to pick between this new unit, or an older but higher 
quality used laptop.  I suppose for 99% of the people out there, the 
Wal-Mart junk is good enough.

James P. Kinney III wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 16:16 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
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>>On Fri November 4 2005 3:40 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>>If WalMart sells it, it MUST be crap.
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>>I've got a 15 year old watch I bought at Wal-Mart.. still running, on 
>>it's 4th or 5th battery. The inside light is long gone, but it still 
>>runs and does what I want it to do.
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>Every once in a while, they screw up and sell a lemon. Your watch is one
>of those. It hasn't broken yet thus denying WalMart a chance to sell you
>a new one that is planned to break after 18 months.
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