Is a new $199 HP Walmart-exclusive laptop any good? No, but a free 1-year subscription to Microsoft 365 worth $70 instantly makes world’s cheapest Windows laptop more attractive

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We live in very weird times, where AI suddenly sent consumer tech back at least a decade. Here I am casting my gaze on a laptop that wouldn’t have been out of place in 2016.

This HP laptop is a Walmart exclusive, has no name and costs only $199, down from $259. It is the cheapest new Windows laptop in the US (and possibly in the whole world, I looked almost everywhere).

What you get…