As a back-to-school special, this $600 ECS-branded notebook from Wal-Mart isn’t half bad – 14-inch screen, Athlon XP-M 1600+, Wi-Fi (b), and DVD-ROM. Add a little extra memory to boost up the 128MB stock setup and you’ve got yourself a pretty decent little machine for browsing porn and downloading term papers. Plus it comes with a legal copy of XP Home, so you’ll only have to go to jail for five years when you blow that away and install XP Pro (don’t quote me on the legal specifics).
