http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
2 years ago in Australia you could routinly find 15" budget laptops for $499 and $599 but thanks to the netbook craze, manufacturers saw a way to offer less for more.

Today however while i was looking in a catalogue i saw a Compaq Presario laptop for $599 with decent specs, AMD processor, dvd burner, 14.1" screen (not a 15" behemoth) all for the nice price of $599, and on that VERY same page was a Eee pc 10" for the not so nice price of $800.




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what a day we live in when man can create his own DVDs.]]>Jul 24th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
WIN!]]>Jul 24th 2009 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/I suspect though that in UK Walmart's (ASDA) they'd simply replace the $ with a £ sign making it much less of a bargain.]]>Jul 24th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
Any idea if this computer comes with a free Windows 7 upgrade?]]>Jul 24th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 25th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 28th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
I want a laptop to leave around the living room to download movies (torrents) and hook to the bigscreen via HDMI occasionally.

Can't wait.. prices keep dropping!!!!

This is a great deal for a college kid that just needs something for internet surfing / writing papers and no games. There are a whole host of people that actually only use their computers for Facebook / Email / Web / Homework and this would function perfect!]]>Jul 24th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/HDMI.]]>Jul 24th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
If it's even equal it's great since this laptop costs less than most netbooks.]]>Jul 24th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
I have a machine I threw together as a quickie using parts I had sitting around, Semperon 3000, 1 gig DDR ram, Sata 200 GB HD, ATX Radeon 7500 128mb video card, and a Hauppauge video capture card as a Beyond TV DVR box (it's hooked up to my direct TV box with a serial cable to change channels).

The machine captures raw MPEG2 and converts it to DIVX. Sometimes I will watch recorded shows while it captures another. I figure if it can do all that with those anemic specs then it's probably good enough to watch youtube.


In my opinion the computer will only be as good as it's setup. My 900mhz Althon /w 512MB SDRAM, Geforce 2 GT (32mb), and 40GB ata100 Hard drive still boots windows XP up faster then most people's dual core 2GB ram machines they buy retail, because they have a bunch of stuff running at startup ect.

]]>Jul 24th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-cpu,1947-8.html

Atom was built pretty much entirely around it's low power consumption, and sacrifices quite a bit of performance for it.]]>Jul 24th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
Excellent deal.]]>Jul 24th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
I would gladly take this over my hp mini. I just have to figure out how to get rid of it. ]]>Jul 24th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/Jul 24th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/walmart-offers-decently-specd-compaq-laptop-for-300/
Oh I'm also at work taking a shit, typing on my iPhone.]]>Jul 24th 2009 10:52AM