Lookout Dell, WalMart Has New Laptop

macsrgood4u

Available only on line at www.walmart.com for $598.00

The specs include wireless built-in. I'm sure Apple buyers will run to get this..... it's so much better then an iBook.



AMD Athlon XP-M 1600+ processor

128 MB RAM

14.1" XGA TFT LCD with 1024 x 768 resolution

16.7 million colors possible

High performance 256-bit 3D graphic engine

Shared memory 16/32/64 MB DDR (user adjustable in BIOS)

DVD-ROM drive

Built-in two stereo speakers

Integrated WiFi-compliant Wireless 802.11b (11Mbps) LAN

On-board 1GB/100M/10M Base-T LAN Ethernet

56 K V.90 modem

40 GB ATA 100/66/33 hard drive

Synaptics touchpad w/ 4-way scrolling button

4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 RJ-11 modem jack, 1 RJ-45 Ethernet jack

Line-out Headphone jack

1 microphone-in

1 external VGA port, 1 parallel port, 1 S-Video TV - Out connector

1 DC-in jack for AC adaptor

Universal AC adapter with auto-sensing dual voltage support. AC 100-240V

BIOS plug & play, ACPI and DMI

Kensington lock and BIOS password protection

Pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Dimensions & Weight: 13"W x 10.75"D x 1.5"T; weighs 6 pounds

hmurchison

I detest Walmart

stoo

Shared video memory? No CD-RW? No 802.11g? OOOF



Gigabit ethernet is a plus (but I wonder how many will ever be connected to another gigabit device ).

curiousuburb

and no Firewire

ika

Considering the price, it could be alot worse than that. I wouldn't want to use it, but I can see why someone might.

jaegermann

Id rather spend another hundred and get a base line iBook

ichiban_jay

woot parallel port! Now I can use my old Lexmark 1220 printer! lol

thats super

you all are missing the point. this laptop is not meant to please us mac snobs who spend upwards of 2 grand on a machine. it is a low budget laptop that serves its purpose well. not everyone is as fortunate as us to be able to afford a nice laptop. get over yourselves. this laptop provides consumers with limited budgets a laptop that they can take around and use a wireless hotspots with the rest of us.

trumptman

Plus that laptop isn't the one that would kill Apple, this one would do that job.



Still walmart



Does it need a firewire card? Probably.... does it have built in wireless G and a DVD burner for under a grand. Yes.



Nick

xterra48

Yea- apple has really been taking a beating in the laptop market!



Apple has dominated the laptop market, on competitave price and many other factors, our less than cutting edge hardware is alright for laptops but not in desktops. The value on apple desktops on the other hand is well lets say lacking. Consumers bow down to the almighty $$$

nguyenhm16

Quote:

Originally posted by trumptman

Plus that laptop isn't the one that would kill Apple, this one would do that job.



Still walmart



Does it need a firewire card? Probably.... does it have built in wireless G and a DVD burner for under a grand. Yes.



Nick

Man, that's 7lbs.

pbg4 dude

From site:

Quote:

Specifications



Shipping weight in pounds: _7.0

Product Measurement in inches: _1.5 x 11.2 x 13.1

Batteries included: _Uses 1 size Lithion

Assembled Country of Origin: _China

Components Country of Origin: _China







Wal-Mart Item #: 000583050

trumptman

Quote:

Originally posted by nguyenhm16

Man, that's 7lbs.

The closest you can get Mac-wise is the 14 inch iBook which needs more ram, the Superdrive upgrade, and also Airport Express added for additional cost. It also weighs 6 lbs stock and that is before they add the ram or airport express card.



? 512MB DDR266 (256MB built-in & 256MB SO-DIMM)

? 40GB Ultra ATA drive

? SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)

? AirPort Extreme Card

? Keyboard/Mac OS X - U.S. English

? 14.1-inch TFT XGA display

? 1GHz PowerPC G4

? ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory

Subtotal $1,678.00



That and the difference in price is almost $700 dollars. Most people don't mind giving up .5 to 1 lb for that difference in price.



Apple needs to do better. They are letting every product they produce stagnate except the iPod which keeps providing more for less and, not surprisingly, keeps selling out.



Nick

stealthrider

Quote:

Originally posted by trumptman

It also weighs 6 lbs stock and that is before they add the ram or airport express card.

And RAM and AE cards are soooooo heavy...

aquatic

Can you buy it without Windows? That might be interesting (pirate Windows of course after the fact.)



It's funny how Windows will become more expensive than hardware.

pbg4 dude

Quote:

Originally posted by Aquatic

Can you buy it without Windows? That might be interesting (pirate Windows of course after the fact.)



It's funny how Windows will become more expensive than hardware.

Actually, for the last year or so, many manufacturers have complained that Windows is indeed the most expensive part of the system.

republic

For what it is, it doesn't sound horrible. Barebones and far from unique from the outside, but not horrible, at least. The addition of any wireless device on a $600 machine should be lauded, even if it's sold through Walmart. No one else should be worried, though. And no one else, Apple, Dell or HP, should or would dare compete on such low ground even if Walmart sells out of these things.

kassandra

Quote:

Originally posted by Stoo

Shared video memory? No CD-RW? No 802.11g? OOOF



Gigabit ethernet is a plus (but I wonder how many will ever be connected to another gigabit device ).

especially on a machine like that lol

strawberry

This isn't trying to compete with the iBook on any level, so it's a bit silly ridiculing the thing!