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New Acer laptops starting at $199.00 could this be true?? www.store4allelectronics.com/index.php?cPath=38_45?

Hi, I am new here well I am searching for a new Windows XP Laptop at a good price since I only need it for my older color laser printer which requires it. I currently have a Windows Vista Computer that I dislike alot the HP Pavilion Slimline s3020n 250 GB I would not purchase Vista again. Well while I was browsing for a new laptop I came across this website in Yahoo Shopping showing really good deals on laptops as I stated, but I have doubts in ordering to good to be true??? I just want to know your comments or if anyone here has purchased from that site. They have a minimum or $600.00 to order, no sales tax, and I don't know how much shipping is. Hope someone can help me with this doubt. Thanks in advance. Website address is www.store4allelectronics.com/index.php?cPath=38_45 Thanks for clearing my doubt will definately purchase a new xp maybe from dell.com a known company on the other hand I might partition my 250gb hard drive with vista and XP Thanks again

Public Comments

1. I wouldnt be surprised if they do actually have an acer laptop for $199 as acers are the lower end computers as far as laptops go, though if they have a minimum purchase amount of $600 to order anything and they have computers for extremely cheap it sounds like a big scam to me and I would stay away from it. No reputable company will sell computers for a good price but yet make you buy 3 of them to make a purchase sounds like they are gonna take your money and run.
2. I seen that website before and I wouldn't fall for it. They don't have any company information listed. If you look at the website registry, they are even hiding their information. http://www.who.godaddy.com/WhoIsVerify.aspx?domain=store4allelectronics.com&prog_id=godaddy Trust me! Don't think about it!
3. If that's a new machine then they've had it sitting on a shelf for about 4 years. 40 gb hard drive, 256 mb RAM, 333mhz, no DVD burner is an old spec for a lap top. These must be re-built computers. Not bad at that price though, especially with a one year warranty.
4. Begging the pardon of earlier posters, but store4allelectronics is a legitimate website and your example machine is at http://www.store4allelectronics.com/product_info.php?cPath=38_45&products_id=1318 but its specs match its price - rather limited for XP but satisfactory for a tuned Linux install. So you'd pay shipping if under $600 total. That's legit too. Vista is a dog, as you say. So do many others. The example ACER has XP Home, so would meet some minimum criteria. However, let me suggest an alternative that will cost almost nothing. Go to http://getPCLinuxOS.com and read about using Linux. Download the ISO and make a bootable CD from it. Then boot from that CD into fully configured Linux right on your existing laptop. Cost: one CD (use CD-RW 700 MB capacity & even that investment is temporary). If you like it after trying it on CD, click the option to install to hard drive. Either shrink your Vista partition by (about) 10 GB & tell it to dual boot, or BLOW AWAY VISTA & use Linux. You won't be the first to do that, believe me! Another option is to push your existing laptop's vendor to allow you to downgrade from Vista to XP. Not publicized, but Redmond is now allowing this for unsatisfied Vista users.