[brlug-general] Wal-Mart

[Chopin Cusachs]

No guess about pricing.   eMachines used to have a very poor reputation
for quality, but since early this year seem much improved.  I'd check date
of manufacture....   My son did get Gateway to match a price for a similar
machine elsewhere -- chopped a couple of hundred dollars off.  He likes
his machine.

If all else fails, ask if you can have a 'cheaper' operating system, like 
Win98SE,
and be sure to get the CD.

No experience with WalMart machines.

Choppy

At 02:40 PM 5/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey, I was just wondering if anyone had purchased one of those operating
>system free computers at WalMart that had been discussed about a month or so
>ago.  As I recall a number of people had thought about the idea.  Also, is
>anyone familiar with the Emachines that are available.  I saw where you can
>get one for $400 and that includes a 17" monitor and XP, not that I need the
>monitor but I don't think I could build one for that price.  I wonder how
>much they would knock off if I said I didn't want the monitor and operating