I too am in need of a desktop this year. Mostly for searching the internet, no game playing. I was also thinking about the $298 walmart one, but just saw in this Sundays ad 11/13, Officemax has one for $279. (no monitor but dont need one) Listed in ad as HP Pavilion desktop featuring Intel pentium G620 processor, 4GB memory, and 500 GB hard drive. Wondering if anyone can tell me which is the better computer. Thinking if the Office Max one is comparable, I can buy now and it will be one less thing to run or wait in line for on Black Friday lol. Hope someone with computer knowledge can help. Thanks