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John Matarese UPDATE 11/2/07 11AMThese doorbuster sales have now ended. Wal-Mart is planning more in the days ahead, and John will update them, and other sales, on 9 News at 5:30pm. The following information is provided for archive purposes only...please do not head to a Wal-Mart store looking for these specific sales, as they are now gone.
ORIGINAL REPORT 11/2/07Fuggedabout Thanksgiving season. It's only November 1st, but Wal-Mart is already beginning its Christmas shoppping season... three weeks early. Check out Wal-Mart's website and you'll get details on five doorbuster deals Wal-Mart is offering Friday morning at 8 a.m.
But if you want some of the electronics items, you might want to get there early and get in line.
Friday's deals?
- The Fischer Price Nascar Ride-on for $144.
- A Sanyo 50-inch plasma hd-tv for 998-dollars.
- HD-DVD's for $15.
- A Toshiba HD-DVD player to play those DVD's on for $98: Wow, that's a deal!
- Finally, an Acer laptop computer for $348.
Ok...What you really want to know is what kind of a laptop computer Wal-Mart could possible be selling for $348. After all, most laptops run $800 to $1,200.
Wal-Mart won't release details, other than saying its an Acer laptop with 1-gigabyte of RAM.
However, several tech websites say it appears to be an entry level Acer Aspire laptop, which normally sells for $600.Don't expect top notch graphics or great video editing capability.
But at $348, tecchies say its a great deal... If you can get one.
Details, according to "insiders:"
- Aspire 5315-2153
- Model ICL50
- LCD = 15.4 WXGA Crystal Brite Screen
- Memory = 1024 MB
- HD = 80 GB
- Modem = 56 K
- Wireless Lan = 802.11 B/g
- Software = Vista Home Basic
- Price: $348.00
