Well not only that, but the average quality of system offered by big box retailers gone DOWN over the years instead of UP.
I remember not that long ago WalMart had lots of MicroATX systems with Core 2 Duo E7xxx or AMD Athlon X2, X4 at legit speeds, etc. Not GREAT systems, but at least usable imho.
Now they have a ton of AIOs and other garbage with AMD netbook processors, along with other neutered laptop crap. Look at this pile :
http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilio...ows-8/27436153
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-E-Series-E1-1500-Notebook-Processor.84852.0.html
"On average the cpu performance of the E1-1500 is a bit below an Athlon X2 L310 at 1.2 GHz. "
Barf. Yes, I've used one of those systems (not that exact model, but the same thing in a super slim case), and it was BEYOND horrible.
OMG that thing must be horrifically slow. lol