Jamman

Microcenter just released its BF ad, seen here: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/057a4063#/057a4063/1 Page 2, lower right corner: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, $149.99

Minimum hardware requirements for software functionality rarely equals a pleasant computing experience. That's why a dual core processor and 4GB of memory should be the basement considered for any version of Windows since XP.

I'd never let the purchase of a laptop be decided upon the amount of memory already installed nor how large the hard drive is----the two most easily upgraded components in a laptop. Heck, a 2GB stick of DDR3 SO-DIMM runs $10 and a 4GB stick is under $20. Cheap, cheap upgrade. Personally, what I'd do with almost any of these el-cheapo laptops is upgrade the hard drive to an SSD almost immediately. Outside of having 4GB of memory, an SSD is probably the single most worthwhile upgrade one can do to any of these laptops. And with the prices dropping almost daily on SSD's, such as the recent Samsung 830 128GB SSD for $70, it's getting to the point not buying an SSD for a laptop becomes silly. I upgraded my father-in-law's Lenovo T61 laptop last year with an SSD and revived its usefulness. Before it had the SSD installed, its C2D, while faster than the AMD e-300/350/450 cpus, was dog slow. With the SSD, it's darned snappy now.

Not only the RAM, but the processor is NOT a laptop processor, at least not within the AMD hierarchy, at least. The E-300 is an Atom equivalent and was meant to be used in netbooks. True, the E series is used in laptops but gets absolutely owned by lowly Intel Pentiums and obliterated by Intel i3 processors. And that includes the graphics in the AMD chip....the Intel 3000 does much better.