$677 Acer Lappy, GREAT DEAL??

$677 Acer Lappy, GREAT DEAL??
Initially listed at $599CND, Its an Acer Aspire (AS5570) with Intel Core Duo T2450 2.0Ghz 667Mhz bus.

Second-quarter numbers: Best Buy
...robust demand for notebook computers, home theater and video games Concerns: Housing woes, slowing consumer spending Stock: Closed at $47.46...

Corrected: Nonprofit group hikes price of "$100 laptop" (Reuters)
Reuters - A nonprofit group that plans to produce low-cost computers for poor children has raised the laptops' price, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.

Patriot 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Notebook Memory...
Patriot's 2GB Signature SODIMM memory delivers a high performance and quality upgrade solution for DDR2 based notebook computers.

Talks under way to put Intel inside OLPC's $100 laptop (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Discussions are under way to put an Intel microprocessor inside a version of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's "$100 laptop" for children in developing countries, according to representatives from both parties.

HP Puts Solid-State Drives in Business Laptops (PC World)
PC World - Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to offer solid-state drives (SSDs) as an option in all professional series laptop PCs starting from next month because the drives operate faster, conserve battery life and are more durable than hard disk drives.