Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thad Floryan Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:47:16 -0800 Organization: ThadLABS Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5276EE94.3040907@thadlabs.com> References: <20131103143804@news.eternal-september.org> <5276B589.90802@thadlabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8c9e5db8d01ced79e92159efa406567d"; logging-data="2487"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18JnbigFXqMjlTGufTXFu7zoN6o9SJPUxQ=" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:4jCAEuZqO2PAytBQ0ANUDhJlslE= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:2122 On 11/3/2013 2:13 PM, notbob wrote: > On 2013-11-03, Thad Floryan wrote: > >> Basically, if something is at Walmart, it's junk constructed >> from the lowest bottom-of-the-barrel parts to cut costs (and >> reliability). > > Total nonsense. > [...] Wrongo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart:_The_High_Cost_of_Low_Price http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/wal-mart-the-high-cost-of-low-price/ http://movies.tvguide.com/wal-mart-the-high-cost-of-low-price/review/195873 http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/328033/Wal-Mart-The-High-Cost-Of-Low-Price/overview Plus the Walmarts here in Silicon Valley require one to carry a gun to the store from one's car in the parking lot given the locations in high crime areas. Not worth shopping for junk and not worth risking one's life. Thad