I just saw this link on a site I frequent: a Compaq laptop, dual-core chip, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB disk, 15.4″ LCD, DVD burner, and integrated wireless… $300 after rebate ($440 before). (Of course, I had no idea that HP still makes Compaq-branded machines?)
For the same price, they’ve got a desktop system… It’s “just” an Athlon (with no apparent details?), but it comes with 2 GB RAM and a 250GB disk… Plus DVD burner. (Throw in a tuner and you might have a nice Mythbox?)
CompUSA has a 22″ LCD (Acer, 1600×1050) for $200, although it seems that the deal ends today. (I thought they went out of business?)
I just discovered (today, coincidentally) that CompUSA (at least .com) is owned by Systemax… better known as TigerDirect. (I’m not really sure of the exact relationship.) Oddly enough, the first thing I noticed was the identical paging buttons between the two sites.
The tacky graphics on the main page made me think the same thing, actually! I just assumed it was coincidental.
It turns out that Systemax bought them last month.