Price of PC's Going Down

[penceman]

Has anyone noticed that manufactorers like HP and Compaq have some extemely cheap systems. Usually every Sunday in the adds from Best Buy or Circuit City there is a Compaq with a Semperon 3000+, 512MB of Memory, 80GB HDD, and usually a free printer or something, and a moniter for just $300. Another manufactorer is eMachines with the Celeron D 2.53Ghz and basically the same system as the Compaq also for just $300. Is it me or are some of these prices really good? But you also have to remember that there are rebates involved and those can be a pain.

 

[jjsbasmt]

Makes you wonder how they can make a profit with those machines. I don't think I could build on of those for the price they are getting. Might be able to find the hardware for that price, but once you include software, a warranty and that fact that most if not all of the compatability issues have been worked out for you.............How Do They Do It? I would think that cheap labor and buying parts in mass volume are the only reasonable explinations. What do you think?

 

[oboyco]

Overstock on a dated product perhaps?

 

[penceman]

Yeah I guess they really make those kids in foreign countries work hard to make PC parts. No just kidding. But I do wonder how they get profit. I can't even build a computer for that cheap. It's crazy.