Return of the $100 PC

[peat moss]

The sub-$100 PC is back--sort of.

On Sunday, CompUSA offered a $99.99 PC from America Online, similar to the $99 and free PC deals offered by Internet giants and start-ups back in 1999 and 2000 in an effort to woo customers. The PC, which is powered by an Intel Celeron chip and comes with a monitor and printer, actually costs $549.99, but comes with a $450 of instant rebates. Only five were allotted to each store.

To get one, customers have to sign up for a year of AOL at $23.90 a month.

Thats criminal are they that desperate ? I'd give them another $100.00 to shove Aol up their ass .

[Santa]

i guess they need a desperate sponsor

:awaits chinese versions:

[peat moss]

i guess they need a desperate sponsor

:awaits chinese versions:

Ya for some reason I can't post a link .
Oh ok there .

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5892544.html

[Skiz]

To get one, customers have to sign up for a year of AOL at $23.90 a month.

That's another $287 in itself.

[3RA1N1AC]

is that "$23.90 x 12" charge for aol dial-up internet???

'cause if it is... then uh why in the world would somebody wanna commit to a year of overpriced 56k dial-up? "welcome to the 20th century!" you know?

$100 up front + $287 commitment to useless aol... so it's actually a $387 celeron computer?

[ApacNTS]

i wouldnt give $2 for a fucking celeron much less AOHELL.

[silent h3ro]

AOL can burn in hell with Microsoft, IMHO.

[suprafreak6]

agreed