Comments on: Wal-Mart has Black Friday-style deals on Nov. 8, including a $298 laptop

Mega-retailer Wal-Mart is offering a selection of one-day in-store specials, a few of which caught our eye, including a sub-$300 laptop.

[tommyboy84]

Compaqs are JUNK!
Dan is right and is saving the prospective consumer a lot of heartache.
Trust me, a $300 Compaq , Buy plenty of extended warranty with that order.
Compaq will not stand behind their product.
Pass on it.

[caffemacchiato]

Is there anyone out there that believe in obtaining a high quality product for a low price?

For a consumer with limited knowledge of the product, its price is a good gauge for its quality. A laptop is not simply measured merely by its specifications, but also the overall design, heat dissipation, material, durability, customer service, etc.

It gets tricky at both ends of the Normal (Gaussian) distribution, that is, the under- and over-priced. People get duped when they become greedy and take short cuts. Ironically, a relatively higher priced product is actually the 'cheaper' product in the long run--maybe.

[djphoenix808]

I stood in line and bought this laptop that was on sale at walmart , so i like it it does all the things that i need to do, so far so good i dont ussally buy such acheap laptop , but i thought it was worth the shot and i love it so , do 2 of my friends that stood there in line hoping to get one, when we got there we were told that there was only a few and we might not all get one but i was lucky 2 be in line first , it was hard many ppl wanted this cheap deal also ,... but i think its worth the price..

[SHADuck]

i had ro buy a computer in Beijing, China, A Toshiba L311.

Lowest priced computer, really sucks though the cpu is quicker and 2 GB RAM than my almost 2 year old bottom of the line Acer NB 1 G Ram 80 G HD Vista Home prem.

had few problems with the Acer but this Toshiba sucks!!! never gonna buy a Toshiba, nor Vista product again unless Lenovo Thinkpad comes up with a good deal after MacWorld,

Fortunately, I have a 3 year bust or replace warrantee with Best Buy, so my Acer will be fixed.

line of thinking if a brand is conscientious on its bottom-line, then it is worth buying a more expensive product.

[jazzyterse]

Several years ago I purchased a Compaq Presario desktop from Wal-mart on Black Friday to use in college. It was the worst thing I could have done. While the computer ran like a dream the first year, after that it turned into a nightmare. The thing totally started falling apart. It was slow, kept freezing, would crash. I took it to get fixed twice and it still had major problems and eventually three years down the road from when I bought it, it just stopped working all together. My dad purchased one as well and although its almost 8 years old, its a true hunk of junk and has been for several years because it has so many problems. I would never buy a compaq, but for $300 if it lasts a two years I guess you've gotten your money's worth!