Sears One-Ups Wal-Mart With $185 PC
The Intel Celeron-based system also comes with 1-gigabyte of memory, giving it significantly more horsepower than anything else out at this price point.
The Mirus is part of a larger trend towards low cost, low power, Linux-running systems (Linux is an open-source operating system that's generally more stable than Windows and Mac operating systems). The OLPC XO, the Asus Eee, the Green PC, and the upcoming Intel powered MIDs are all aimed at users who just need typical daily computer functions such as word processing, image and music management, and Web access. Linux already owns the server market (almost every Web site you visit is sitting on a Linux-based server), and is now beginning to make a mark on the low-cost PC market.
If things continue along this route, 2008 will be the year that Linux finally becomes a household word.
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Barb said 10:54AM on 1-23-2008
I hear you Carol. I too bought a fridge from Sears years ago. It broke so they came to the house to fix it and couldn't. They brought me a 'loaner' and took mine to the shop. About 6 weeks later they brought 'mine back' and took thiers. Problem was it wasn't mine. I argued with the 'boys' and explained to them this was not my fridge as mine was not textured ( I hate textured appliances ). After much back and forth with the store they finally informed me that mine could not be fixed, gee imagine that, and that they had 'given' me a higher end model. I was really in a bind as I had five small children and could not be without a fridge and then WERE taking back the loaner, so I agreed, stupid me. They took the loaner and left the 'better' fridge which in fact had no guts, no shelves, crisper drawers etc! After numerous calls to the service center I gave up, found some used guts at a recycle yard and replaced the fridge as soon as I was able. Guess where I didn't buy it from. I would NEVER buy an appliance or any expensive product from Sears.
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tommysalomiacdc said 2:45PM on 2-06-2008
Well..after reading half the dimwits saying there is spyware installed on this computer...think of this..Linux has the most secured file system out of the current Operating Systems available today. Installing spyware would not only be impossible..but think about the fact that every website you visit installs something to help monitor what you are looking at to help enhance the ads that show up in your browser hence the fact that google ads match the website you are visiting...and in response to Mike...you were declined for a SEARS card and then vowed to never shop there again? Read your own words and think on it.."it was my first attempt to establish credit" not many retail stores will accept someone with NO past credit history.....and also to LAL, I'm sure them not accepting your card while you were on the phone made you upset but imagine if they would have accepted it with someone on the phone pretending to be you...common sense...
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jdmann2010 said 12:32PM on 1-23-2008
Is the monitor extra? If so, is it as affordable as the system is?
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COOKIE said 2:35PM on 1-23-2008
NEVER GET ANYTHING ON CREDIT FROM SEARS.......
THEY ARE CROOKS........
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llc said 5:23AM on 1-26-2008
No need for the thing - just go back to the stone ages and get a typewritter a calculator a tape recorder and and abacus.......then take the bus
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OldSoftware said 2:22PM on 1-26-2008
The rebate form is almost impossible to find but here it is I think:
http://download.sears.com/misc/Mirus_Nobilis_REBATE.pdf
Sears says it is not their rebate but a manufactures rebate and the form is in the box. HA, not only is there no form, there is no address or phone number for Mirus!
I hope I get my rebate.
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Tune said 1:10PM on 1-18-2008
Fix your danged title. Is the price $185 or $285? You guys need an editor.
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Cathy said 1:23PM on 1-18-2008
It's $285 with a $100 rebate, thus the final cost is $185.
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Paul said 6:53AM on 1-22-2008
Don't forget all the spy software that will come pre installed, care of your information stealing Sears!
They could be selling it for $100.00. I wouldn't buy it or anything else from Sears. They really screwed up with putting spyware in people's computers. What were they thinking? They struggle as it is and then their going to do something else to turn the customer against them...
Nobody cares about ethics anymore, just where can they get the cheapest price. Sad very sad
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james said 6:58AM on 1-22-2008
If you want the best prices on comeputers go to
computersfinance.com
laptops from $269
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NAdamslove@aol.com said 7:13AM on 1-22-2008
Tune--take the T I M E to really read the article. It says it is 285 with a 100 rebate making the final cost $15 cheaper than the Green PC and $3 cheaper than the XO.
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web said 7:41AM on 1-22-2008
Companies count on you not sending in the rebate or it beinglost in the mail, or some other problem.
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Daniel Gaunt said 8:18AM on 1-22-2008
you get what you pay for as always. you'd be able to build a better pc than this for less and have windows xp on it! but why would you want to? it'd be like going back in time 2 years
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moonie said 8:45AM on 1-22-2008
Never buy anything that requires a rebate. I did once it got depayed and took 3 months to get it back even then i had to prove it over and over. Good business doesn't require a rebate, They hope you don't send it in some people dont. they forget (sigh). Do AWAY with REBATES just don't buy. I will not buy anything that requires a rebate
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seb said 8:43AM on 1-22-2008
I bought a computer many years ago at Sears, boy was that a mistake. Had many problems got another same thing. I finally had enough and wanted my money back they would not. I was thankful I put it on a Major credit card. They solved it in a matter of days. If you do buy anything from Sears always use a major credit card.
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Kimberly said 9:08AM on 1-22-2008
I went to the sears website and the price is $299. not $285. as stated in this article.
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Givra said 9:13AM on 1-22-2008
A few comments:
1) To "Paul", the third post on here. "Spy software". I SERIOUSLY doubt Sears is putting Spyware on this PC. They don't build the PC. They order in pre-built units with the OS installed. I SERIOUSLY don't think they are THEN turning around, booting up EACH individual PC and then installing Spyware. You did give me a bit of a chuckle though. ;)
2) To James, poster #4: Good job spamming your URL. I'll be sure to avoid your URL like the plague now, like I do any spammed URL. Way I see it, if your shop/product/whatever was worth anything, you wouldn't have to spam it on random blogs. :P
3) To Daniel Gaunt, poster #7: I'd have to price out the parts, but I might be able to build a "better" one for about the same amount of money, and install Windows...I don't think I could but I'd have to price it out. BUT, you miss the point of this PC also. It's not meant for people who build their own. I do build my own...but this PC is meant for someone just wanting a basic cheap Internet browsing/e-mail sending PC. It's not meant to do much else. In general, unless they have someone else build them a PC as a gift, people doing that don't build their own systems.
Anyway, to reply directly to the article and not individual posters now, I've seen this PC mentioned somewhere else, and there was no mention of Sears as the retailer/reseller, if I recall right. I can't find the article though currently.
As an aside, I'm somewhat amazed this blog also doesn't mention the ASUS Eee laptop along with the OLPC and the Wal-Mart one. Do suggest a google search, do some research on it. (And since I flamed a spammer for posting a URL, I won't post one myself even though I don't sell any ASUS products. ;) )
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Givra said 9:15AM on 1-22-2008
Missed part of the article, they do mention the ASUS Eee. My bad on that.
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Bill said 9:36AM on 1-22-2008
Givra to early in the morning for a know it all.
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Jamie said 9:53AM on 1-22-2008
Sears is a Rip Off, I would NEVER buy a PC from Sears much less anything else they sell.
It is a Hassle ANYTIME you need to return something, and The price should not be an Issue when buying a good PC, You get what you pay for.
It has been 3+years since my Money was spent at a Sears store, and I feel great about it. I would rather give my hard earned money to a store that values it's customers and with "NO HASSLE RETURNS" if need be.
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