[Scgeeks] Re: Can a celeron processor do what I want?

[Joe Gill]

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> "Twayne" <nobody at devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message 
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>>>> People I know either love or hate Toshiba.
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>>> All that in a laptop for only $499?! Wow.....that's a helluva deal.
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>> Beware Walmart; before buying there, check to see if the brand machine is 
>> even recognizable and same with components.  They like to use 
>> non-standard RAM sticks also that are hell to replace/upgrade, same with 
>> the drives, which are usually the old 5250 rpm drives.  They're cheap 
>> cheap cheap IME. Better to go TigerDirect etc..
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> Wouldn't it be on Toshiba as to what components go into the boxen? Or 
> does/can WM custom order POS PCs to keep the price down, like they sell a 
> laptop that is almost "store branded", in that you won't/can't find that 
> exact model anywhere else?
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> I know that there is one line of LCD TVs that is only sold in WM......

>From what I can gather,
see this article: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html
Wal-Mart sets the 'specs' and the price they are going to sell if for....
The manufacturer then has to decide if they can build what Wal-Mart wants at 
their price...

So if we are talking about PC's they sort of dictate the price and the 
manufacturer has to build one that they can sell to Wal-Mart and still make 
a profit.

It's not just PC's they do this with..