Today I was reading about how Wal-Mart has been offering Compaq notebooks for $398. Even more shocking was the potential for seeing the prices dropping even more by “Black Friday.” How much, you ask? How about a brand new notebook for around $199.

Now let’s stop, take a deep breath, and begin the descent back to planet Earth here. When you buy a product such as a notebook for $199, you are generally going to end up with $199 worth of notebook. In short, it’s going to be a real pile.

If you are budget-minded and want to buy a new notebook that will actually have a better shot at outlasting the holiday season, then you might want to consider getting a Dell.

Its notebooks are really not my thing personally, but I can promise you that a Dell is going to blow the doors off of a $199 “craptacular” model coming from Wally-World any day of the week. Just my thinking, anyway.

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