Wal-Mart hits new low with $498 laptop
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., famous for marking down everything from housewares to hand lotion, has lowered the bar on discount computing by offering a sub-$500 laptop.
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A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, will go on sale in North America.
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One step at a time Comment We have to say we are a little baffled by the trial film download service the Wal-Mart has launched, tied as it is to the purchase of a DVD from the store. The price is right, just $1.97 for a file that will play on a portable device (except which portable device, not another Windows device surely). Itâs $2.97 for PCs and Laptops (yep itâs only a Windows version) and $3.97 for both.â¦
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Wal-Mart and Linspire announced on Monday that they are now offering a basic Linux laptop for under US$500, the first laptop to be offered new below that price point.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Monday it is cutting prices on back-to-school items and other products in a move to combat the effect of high gas prices on customers' spending.
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Retail giant Wal-Mart has taken the wraps off a bare-bones, US&#36;498 Linux notebook that, while not exactly a stocking-stuffer, provides basic computing at a price that is tough to beat.
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Another $400, 2-lb. Linux-based mini-laptop will arrive in U.S. Wal-Mart stores by the end of this month.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on  Thursday reported a lower-than-expected 0.5 percent rise in its  January sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, citing  unfavorable weather and gift card redemptions that were below  expectations.
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Quarterly net income was $46.3 million against a year-earlier loss, but sales continued to fall at the retailer amid intense competition in the electronics sector.
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Not too long ago, the sub-$500 computer was a dream, now it&#39;s a CompUSA commonplace. And now, thanks to a partnership between Wal-Mart and Linspire Inc.
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Dell laptops will appear in 500 of Wal-Mart's Sam's Club stores starting next week, the company says.
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Walmart.com is releasing the Balance notebook computer in conjunction with Linspire, which makes a Linux-based operating system designed for laptops.
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InfoWorld - Wal-Mart opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a $298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of &quot;bloatware.&quot;
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Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world is offering an ultra-cheap laptop powered by Linux: The Balance 14.1&quot; Notebook Computer.
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(InfoWorld) - Wal-Mart opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a $298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of "bloatware." The Everex Impact GC3502 uses Microsoft's Windows Vista OS but substitutes the OpenOffice.org 2.2 version of word processing and spreadsheet tools for the traditional Microsoft Office variety. The computer runs on a 1.5GHz C7-D processor from Via Technologies, a chip that meets lead-free environmental regulations and saves energy with low wattage demands. The sales price does not include a monitor but is still lower than comparable packages sold on Wal-mart's Web site, such as an HP Compaq Presario, an Acer America AcerPower FH Minitower, and a Dell Dimension desktop. PC vendors usually compete for customers by slashing prices during the eight-week back-to-school season, stretching from mid-July to mid-September. But Everex also hopes to attract buyers by avoiding the free "trial software" that annoys many users, according to Eugene Chang, a product manager at Everex, of Fremont, California. Dell followed a similar strategy on July 10 when itÂ withheld bloatwareÂ from its newÂ Vostro line of PCsÂ for small business users after a long campaign by bloggers and Dell customers against common practice by PC vendors of loading unrequested software onto new computers. Software companies fund the effort as a way to find new users. Although those features are popular, they could backfire on Everex because most U.S. consumers are not yet familiar with Via processors or OpenOffice software, one analyst said. "It's not surprising that Wal-Mart, of all retailers, will sell the $298 Everex desktop; it's a good marriage with their biggest audience -- budget buyers," said Toni DuBoise, a senior analyst with Current Analysis West. "But it has a couple of problems; one is that it uses a Via processor, which is almost unknown to U.S. consumers. And it runs at just 1.5 GHz, so it's unknown how it will handle Microsoft Vista," she said. "And running OpenOffice is kind of a unique tactic. It's anti-Microsoft as Microsoft obviously owns the market for productivity software. So users may have some concerns about compatibility."
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Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: There&#39;s a new laptop available and itâs cheap, really cheap. Working with operating system vendor Linspire--helmed by former mp3.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s share price tumbled nearly 4 percent Monday after the world's largest retailer lowered its November sales forecast over the weekend, disappointing some analysts.