(Vanity) Walmart $378 Laptop - HP ze2308wm, good deal?

[narses]

My local Walmart is advertising a HP Pavillion ze2308wm for $378. Is this a decent laptop? I've never had a laptop before and when I travel it would be useful. Opinions please.

[narses]

Your opinions please!

[RTINSC]

Get there early, IMO.

[ElkGroveDan]

If it's the one I think it is you have to be one of the first 50 people there at 5:00 am.

The clientele at my nearby Walmart is such that I'd be afraid of getting stabbed in the rush.

I know Dell has one almost that price after the rebate.

[Rezod21]

Walmart is TERRIBLE for the US. Screw them!! spend your hard earned money somewhere else....

[Paradox]

Darn good deal, a few $400 notebooks out tommorrow. Check out this thread at fatwallet.com where they discuss this and other deals. http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/544256

[cabojoe]

Here's the lowdown on Black Friday Laptops: http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=25&page=1

[RightOnline]

In computers, you truly get what you pay for.

[systematic]

That's a great deal.

I have my eye on their 42-inch Plasma television for $997

http://www.walmart.com/

[indcons]

http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=25&page=2

[systematic]

It's only available from 5-11AM tomorrow.

Better be there at 5AM.

[alancarp]

Better be there at midnight -- and wait in line until 5am!

[don-o]

better know that they prolly only have five in stock and no rainchecks.

[MikefromOhio]

Walmart is TERRIBLE for the US. Screw them!! spend your hard earned money somewhere else....

somehow I SERIOUSLY doubt that is the opinion he was looking for.....

[Tannerone]

OK God, having all this info as to why so bad a**ed awful please share with us.

Do provide proof and source for any negative statements!

[indcons]

Why do you say that? Did you have a bad consumer experience with them?

[Tennessee_Bob]

I have my eye on their 42-inch Plasma television for $997

ARE YOU NUTS? Just wait for the next hurricane and get it for free!!

[johncatl]

Yes it seems to be a decent machine and will do everything that the average user needs. Get a carrying case to hold all the little odds and ends that you'll eventually accumulate.

Also think about buying a mouse to go with it. You can choose the compact "travel" style or a full size desktop model, but you'll probably want wireless for ease of use when traveling.

I could'nt tell from the ad if it had built-in wireless networking or if it was optional. That would be a must-have for travel - espcially in many of the airports. Atlanta has free wireless everywhere.

Get there early.

[narses]

It is built in..

[JRios1968]

Watch for something to the effect of "Wal-Mart is bad to its employees...Wal-Mart forces small Mom & Pop stores out of business..." etc.

[Dust in the Wind]

Dell has a similar one for $399 on their web site if you miss the wallbanger.

[JRios1968]

ARE YOU NUTS? Just wait for the next hurricane and get it for free!! Posting HTML

And get some beer while you're at it."

[kstewskis]

Laptops are wonderful. I have three of them.

They are, however, fragile. Handle with care, and they'll take care of you too.

[MikefromOhio]

Kinda what I am waiting for...

but chances are he doesn't have anything to back up his claims, so he will post and run.

[Peace will be here soon]

Some amazing deals on electronic equipment tomorrow by many retailers.

If I wanted to fight all the hyperactive shoppers, and take the risk of possibly getting trampled to death, it might be worth it to try and cash in on some of these deals.

But I think I will sleep-in instead and let the loonies go at it. The news should be interesting tomorrow evening!

[JRios1968]

Troll-style! I hope you ate a lot today!

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Personally, I'd stay away from it. Its too slow for my tastes. I believe in the old adage: buy cheap, buy twice.

[MikefromOhio]

nah...

the family stuff is going to be on Saturday...

I had to work tonight so it all works out.

[Porterville]

Looks good.

[Phantom Lord]

Circut City has a Toshiba laptop for $199 tomorrow. Even comes with a free wireless G-router and all-in-one printer.

Problem is you have to sign up with AOL for a year to get the deal. So it ends up being over $400.

[Rightly Biased]

Why? or are you just like a liberal and say things without any fact or backup?

[MikefromOhio]

I am 100% convinced he is a troll.

Not only is his comment stupid, he has made exactly 7 posts since 2001.

Hey Darks,

Check out rezod21.....

[Rightly Biased]

I just went were you went I concur I smell Troll

[Principled]

Walmart is TERRIBLE for the US. Screw them!!

Is Walmart terrible because it's cheaper to manufacture a good, ship it to the US, and STILL have it be cheaper than a US made good?

I think it's easy to blame Walmart - but they're operating in a free market in which the US is becoming less competitive for a number of reasons.

(flamesuit on)

[CyberAnt]

Go protest somewhere else!

[HardStarboard]

>>>...spend your hard earned money somewhere else....<<<

I'm not one of WM's bigger customers - but I love to buy toothpaste, deodorant, and shaving stuff there - save about a third or better!

Please explain why my hard earned money isn't better spent by keeping $1.00 out of every $3.00 in my pocket.

Spend your money any way you want - its not up to me to teach you economics.

[CyberAnt]

Go protest somewhere else!!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

They are, however, fragile. Handle with care...

My daughter got snagged on the power cord to my Apple PowerBook G4 and pulled it onto the floor from the desk. It cost over $1,000 to repair it. I couldn't believe it. I love having a laptop, but kstewkis is right -- be very careful. Of course, at $400, it's cheaper to buy a new one than pay for a $1,000 repair.

[RunningWolf]

Well Drudge says there's one brewing up right now.

Is there some sort of hurricane proximity limit that applies when looting getting a fee Plasma TV?

[Kirkwood]

"I have my eye on their 42-inch Plasma television for $997 "

WARNING: Be aware that this Viore model is apparently only capable of EDTV and not true HDTV resolutions, although it has a built in HDTV-compatible ATSC tuner to display the HD broadcasts. Do not be confused by the fact that Walmart and Sam's were selling a true HDTV Viore monitor in the very recent past. It is not the same model and so you are not necessarily getting a great deal unless you by some fluke get the older model by mistake (it won't have a tuner though). The Viore does have a good quality screen as plasma screens go. Contrast is not great and it will burn in if you are not careful, but neither is it total crap either and so not a bad screen for the money. I have heard that the Viore tends to not have a long lifetime though, so you get what you pay for. They are actually made by Akai.

[RunningWolf]

Walmart is terrible for the US because it has infected the minds of crazed freepers into a fervor.

They lurk in the forum like hawks on fence-posts.. waiting to swoop in on the hapless victim with the troll words.., they even smell a troll thru the ethernet, and then knowingly ping all their buddies in for the festival.. of trolls /sarc>

Wolf

[taxesareforever]

Walmart is TERRIBLE for the US. Screw them!! spend your hard earned money somewhere else....

Do I detect animosity towards WalMart because you may have been turned down for the job of Mr.Hospitality? In your case sounds like Shopping Cart 101 is a prerequisite.

[RunningWolf]

Hey, they are supposed by saving that job for me!

Don't anyone flame me either, I'll be able to smell it when they walk through the door.

[Kirkwood]

But it is trolling when you come in and make a blatant attack and don't give reasons for the vitriolic attack or in any way defend your opinion.

[taxesareforever]

LOL because I get it.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting.

[staytrue]

only 256 meg of ram

lots of windows crashes

make sure you use only 1 application at a time.

also cd burner only, no dvd burner

only 40 gig hard drive too.

[this_ol_patriot]

It has a mobile Sempron (value AMD cpu like the Intel Celeron and not a speed demon or good for cpu intensive apps) and only 256MB ram, that's barely enough to run XP and another app considering that the onboard graphics will eat up 32MB to 64MB of that. For the price you get what you pay for and while it's cheap if it doesn't do what you want it's worth zero. If you can live with long load times, don't run games, open big spreadsheets or use photoshop like apps and only need it for word processing and light browsing it might get you by otherwise you'll be pulling your hair out. You can get better for a little more and be happier

[somniferum]

If you guys don't mind, Ill go ahead and post his talking points for him.

They just sell cheap chinese crap.. CHICOMS! RED CHINA! ..never mind the fact that every other retailer sells the exact same product

They pay their workers crap wages! ..Cashiers and shelf stockers should be paid $50,000 a year. I feel very stupid for getting a college degree. I should have gotten a job stocking DVDs.

They put mom & pop stores out of business! ..Ah yes, Mom&Pop stores. No longer can Mom&Pop stores have a 200% markup on their products while paying their employees minimum wage with no benefits. You will note this in no way contradicts point #2.

[John Williams]

After all, you do get what you pay for (and you won't see me camping out at the local Wal-Mart tommorrow morning).