Overpriced no-name netbooks (for the kids?) $179 and $199 at Heartland America

Mahyar2 said: 4GB of NAND Flash memory, a 266MHz CPU, 128MB SDRAM. Not a good deal at all. You can get the Dell mini for $207 shipped with much better config

Ah well, I tried.

HorB said: Mahyar2 said: 4GB of NAND Flash memory, a 266MHz CPU, 128MB SDRAM. Not a good deal at all. You can get the Dell mini for $207 shipped with much better config

Ah well, I tried.

Your post is still very helpful. I have started to see a lot of these really, old and crappy 1st gen 'netbooks' being promoted for under $200, but many people don't realize that they are getting something that is several years old and literally slower than even entry level smartphones.

When you consider that current gen netbooks like the Dell Mini 10v can be had for around $200 with specs like Windows 7, 160GB HD, 1-2GB ram and 1.6Ghz Atom processors - it's hard to justify buying these 1st gen models at any price, but I would think they would need to sell for substantially less than $100 for anyone to even consider buying them.

So, while you may not have posted a great deal, if it helps better inform someone who may have bought one, it was definitely worthwhile.

Yah, heartland is another junk seller. I used to get their catalog and would almost fall off the toilet laughing at their computer deals (or any other "deal" they offer).

haha look at this

for $350 you get..

Intel Pentium M
512 MB RAM
30 GB hard drive
DVD rom
56K modem
Internal Wi-Fi
14" TFT LCD screen
Windows XP
Rechargeable battery pack and AC adapter
2 USB ports
Serial Port
Parallel port
Network card
90-day limited warranty

if we were living in the 80s i would jump on this..
almost pulled the trigger, but i saw somthing with a 750 give hd, core i7, 1 gb video card...this is close by comparison though

Flagg said: Your post is still very helpful. I have started to see a lot of these really, old and crappy 1st gen 'netbooks' being promoted for under $200, but many people don't realize that they are getting something that is several years old and literally slower than even entry level smartphones.

These aren't even 1st-gen netbooks...they are more like -1st-gen netbooks. "1st-gen netbooks" in my mind are the original Eee 700 series...Celeron processor, 7" 800x480 screen, tiny flash HD, etc. While they have a number of flaws over current netbooks, they are WORLDS better than these pieces of junk.

Ugh, this is a WinCE machine, so not an x86 machine, so mostly useless for running any software that didn't come in the box.

yesidonoitall said: Mahyar2 said: 4GB of NAND Flash memory, a 266MHz CPU, 128MB SDRAM. Not a good deal at all. You can get the Dell mini for $207 shipped with much better config


RE:
You can get the Dell mini for $207 shipped

The link?

YOU bought one.

I think that op was referring this pc to a first pc for the kids. And I can kinda see the op's point in that if its probably going to get slammed on the floor on more than a couple of (accidental drops) learning curves it would be a lot easier on the parents nerves if it was a slow but only $179 pc rather than that that hot rod $207 or $299 net book. Cause if its a kids first pc its probably going to be rendered useless at some point anyway.