99 cent netbook?

This is a good deal for someone

[weeks]

99 cents is more appealing that saying free, I guess...

The deal, teased on Best Buy's website, is only available at participating Best Buy retail stores. The Compaq Mini 110c-1040DX netbook, which features a 1.6 GHz processor and 160 GB hard drive, is available for 99 cents with a two-year Sprint contract for mobile data, which typically runs at $60 per month. Thus, the real cost of the netbook is in the monthly fees paid to Sprint.

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[LifeinAsia]

So $1440.99 (plus taxes) for a netbook that retails for $389.99 (without a service contract). Not to mention a lot more if you exceed the levels of your service contract (not sure how much you get for $60/month).

<edit>Oh, 5G/month. I guess that's reasonable?</edit>

[edited by: LifeinAsia at 5:03 pm (utc) on July 7, 2009]

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Yes, several dealers are offering free laptops here in the UK for similar contracts.

Rearrange the following well know phrase or expression...

"thing no is free a there such as lunch." ;)