> Is there a consumer Windows laptop available at Best Buy or similar You will not find good deals at Best Buy, on any product. Their business is selling low-

> Is there a consumer Windows laptop available at Best Buy or similar You will not find good deals at Best Buy, on any product. Their business is selling low-value junk at hugely inflated prices, to customers who are unwilling or unable to purchase via the Internet. > Most of them oppose Macs because they believe they'd > be paying extra just for prestige This may have been true ten years ago, but Apple's relentless optimization of their supply and manufacturing pipelines mean that their hardware is often less expensive than spec-equivalent competitors[1]. If you want a laptop as good as a Macbook, you'll be paying a price similar to a Macbook. If you want a laptop with a decent screen and solid-state disk, there's a hard price floor imposed by the component manufacturing costs. Your best option if price is a strong constraint is to keep an eye on the manufacturers' sites for refurbished devices. See http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac or http://outlet.lenovo.com/ http://outlet.lenovo.com/ as examples. [1] Excluding accessories such as RAM, which are often marked up by 200-300% compared to high-quality third party products.