[ale] OT: $400 Laptop

[Jim Popovitch]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 12:08 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
>> Is this a good deal or waste?
>>
>> http://engadget.com/entry/1234000280066047/
>>
> If WalMart sells it, it MUST be crap.

I must wash my clothes with crap laundry detergent then (Tide no less).

Walmart also generally sells the cheapest gasoline around, not to 
mention the good deals they have on tires (or is that at Sams?).

Walmart generally sells the same thing everyone else sells (other than 
their own name brand), they do it in volume and pass the savings back to 
the consumer.  I like this, although I can see how small store owners 
might be worried.

24hr Walmarts have more than once saved my a## when I needed a telephone 
cord, an extension cord, a Coleman lantern (power outage), a network 
cable, and once even an internal USR 56K modem, in the middle of the night.

Soon us ITP folks will have a Super Walmart, just east of 75N btwn 
N'Side and Howell Mill, in which to roam aimlessly. ;-)

-Jim P.