Travel Technology - Black Friday - $399 HP Notebook at Walmart

Just saw the leaked ad for their notebook. It is an HP "ze2300wm" AMD chip 1.8GHz, 256Mb memory, 15" display, 40Gb harddisk, CDRW/DVD rom and 801.11a/g wireless. A really good looking machine for an insanely low price. No rebates or anything; just $399 out the store.

They will also be selling a $399 desktop with 512Mb memory and a 15" LCD panel...

Walmart is about to create a war in the PC industry...

I also saw the Compusa Ad's for black friday; Compusa is absolutely worthless. All their good deals require you to sign up for a year of AOL. They have a nice Compaq notebook for just $250 but you still pay almost $800 in the store. Waiting on $550 on rebates from Compusa AND having to commit to AOL for that long just isn't a deal. Every single deal on their flyer requires a rebate. If they keep this up they won't be in business much longer.

For the latest in Black friday deals here (http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/)

not a bad deal, but I don't think I would call it insane, especially if you have to get up at 4am and wait in a line 2 miles long in the freezing cold to get it :p

I think I would value a laptop with that config around $500, and if you aren't in a rush, you can find a comparable machine from dell for $450 if you can wait for a sale.

but you did point out probably the best part - no rebates. I got a near-loaded hp laptop from officedepot for $600 a couple months ago, but that was with $400 in rebates.

Actually; Walmart says that this machine will be part of their normal assortment and will always be just $399, even after BF ;)

well in that case ^

not a bad price at all, but I'm waiting on a hot deal on a dell axim ;)

Great find! A buddys parents in PHX are in the market for a value laptop, I have sent them the info. Add 512 megs of ram and this is perfect for them.