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    Compaq laptop this Saturday (11/8) only $298 at Walmart stores

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by slayerfaith1982, Nov 5, 2008.

  1. slayerfaith1982

    slayerfaith1982 Notebook Evangelist

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    Compaq model # CQ50-139WM laptop will be only $298 this saturday at walmart stores starting at 8am

    http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=1026142

    Think it has a 2ghz celeron processor
    2gb ram
    160gb HDD
    Intel HD 4500 graphics
    15" screen
    dual layer dvd burner

    Not shabby for cheaper then the price of a netbook
     
    slayerfaith1982, Nov 5, 2008
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    talin Notebook Prophet

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    No kidding, especially if the processor is upgradeable (not soldered to the motherboard).
     
    talin, Nov 5, 2008
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    x4500? $298? WoW.
     
    Lakjin, Nov 5, 2008
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    who's getting this?
     
    psmo290, Nov 6, 2008
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    built, Nov 6, 2008
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    I'm not super into Celerons, so it had better be upgradeable. But, at that price, it might be worth a quality compromise; I could buy a second one if/when the first one conked out, and that way last as long as a superior processor would have! :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, Nov 6, 2008
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    Paramedics called to the store found VanLester unconscious on top of a DVD player, surrounded by shoppers seemingly oblivious to her, said Mark O'Keefe, a spokesman for EVAC Ambulance.

    LOL. Well she got trampled, but she got what she came for.

    Or maybe not?
    Ellzey said Wal-Mart officials called later Friday to ask about her sister, and the store apologized and offered to put a DVD player on hold for her
     
    Lakjin, Nov 7, 2008
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    it makes me wonder how people survive in this world... i was at walmart that morning and saw the 46inch 1080p on sale for $798 but i would have been the 157th person in line. so i put 2 and 2 together, scratched my butt, and pondered my navel and proceeded to call a few walmarts (apparently there's 8 or 9 in every city) and found one that was out of the crappy $298 laptops so no line and i was able to avoid the people willing to rape their own mothers and stand in line for hours just to save $50.
     
    szandor, Nov 12, 2008
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