Fry's $99 GQ PC - a myth now?

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A few weeks ago, Fry's Electronics had a local sale for a GQ AMD 1400 XP
machine for $99. If memory serves, it came with a small HDD (don't
recall size, it was more than 10GB, I think), 128MB of RAM, and a CD. It
had the Lindows OS on it, too, I think.

Anyway, I was too late in acting on this deal and it has been gone,
never to return again.

I had hoped that maybe I could find something similar on the internet,
maybe at a build your own PC site, but I can't. I can't find anything
even close to that for less than $180. I hate myself for not getting it
then, but I figured since prices go down, it wouldn't be that hard to
find at a similar price.

Does anyone know if I can get something for that price or close to it
anywhere on the net? I've tried places like tigerdirect.com,
outpost.com, pricewatch.com, but I can't even get within 100 feet of the
previous deal.

Should I just go ahead and spend $200 on the exact same components or
should I hold out hoping someone will have a deal like that again?
 
A few weeks ago, Fry's Electronics had a local sale for a GQ AMD 1400 XP
machine for $99. If memory serves, it came with a small HDD (don't
recall size, it was more than 10GB, I think), 128MB of RAM, and a CD. It
had the Lindows OS on it, too, I think.

Anyway, I was too late in acting on this deal and it has been gone,
never to return again.

I had hoped that maybe I could find something similar on the internet,
maybe at a build your own PC site, but I can't. I can't find anything
even close to that for less than $180. I hate myself for not getting it
then, but I figured since prices go down, it wouldn't be that hard to
find at a similar price.

Does anyone know if I can get something for that price or close to it
anywhere on the net? I've tried places like tigerdirect.com,
outpost.com, pricewatch.com, but I can't even get within 100 feet of the
previous deal.

Should I just go ahead and spend $200 on the exact same components or
should I hold out hoping someone will have a deal like that again?
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If all you need is a-few-years-old technology at matching
price you may be better off buying a used system rather than
a modern one built out of lowest cost (usually junk) parts.
Even so, generally what seek isn't going to be as low as $99
except once in a blue moon. A machine like that will be
quite poor performance though, too little memory and HDD at
1/2 the speed (or less) than any modern drive. Sure you can
upgrade these things but then it's not a $99 box anymore
either.
 
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