Walmart's $298 Laptop Edges out Best Buy by a Buck

Posted 07/24/2009 at 6:30am | by Paul Lilly

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Looking for a low-cost notebook that doesn't fall into the realm of netbooks? Both Best Buy and Walmart have you covered, with the latter beating out the former by a buck in the sub-$300 price tier.

"For the first time, a 3GB memory laptop from a well-known brand has ventured below $300," Walmart said in a statement on Thursday.

And as far as we know, Walmart's right. Best Buy's $299 Acer comes with 2GB of DDR2 memory and an AMD Athlon 64 processor in a 15-inch package, while Walmart's Compaq Presario (CQ60-419WM) packs 3GB of memory, a 160GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce 8200M graphics, and a 2.10GHz AMD Sempron SI-42 processor. And for you penny pinchers, the 15-inch Compaq will sell for a dollar less than the aforementioned Acer starting July 26th.

If you're hoping to pick one up, you might want to set your alarm clock early on Sunday. Customers have been having a hard time tracking down the $299 Acer at Best Buy, and a Walmart blog warns that quantities of its $298 Presario "are limited" and "we expect this one will be quite popular."

Image Credit: Walmart