[GeoStL] Re: Laptop
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:53:35 -0600
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I live on a laptop, and have been for many years now. I don't think I
could go back to a desktop. But I did find an interesting little episode
involving Dell laptops. The story is rather long, and if you don't want
to read it all, you can skip to the conclusions at the end, but the
moral of his story is that if you want cheap, they will accommodate you,
but beware: you get what you pay for. Get the "business" model if you
want reliability. I have had similar experience when a company "buyer"
bought Compaqs that were really designed for home use, and were
virtually useless in a business environment.
By the way, I have used nothing but ThinkPads for several years now,
just in case you were wondering :-) The cost more, but I subscribe to
the same philosophy as the guy did in his conclusion. Oh yeah. I guess
I should include the link:
http://www.thisistrue.com/dellhell.html
Sara Gomer wrote:
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>Rich is right, if you aren't in a big hurry watch for good sales. Your money
>is better spent on a new one with the pace of changing technology. Dell had
>some decentl aptops 2 weeks ago for 587 shipped plus best buy and cicuit city
>had good deals too.
>GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:-
>Another thought is watch the 6 hour sales before Christmas. Last Friday Best
>Buy had new Toshiba's for $499 (without rebates!) and CompUSA had Compaq's
>for $499 after rebates. New batteries run about $100 or more for laptops so
>it gets to a point where there's not much difference between a used and new
>one, plus current technology and 1 yr. warranty.
>
>Rich
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Everman"
>To:
>Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:08 AM
>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Laptop
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>>Judi F wrote:
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>>>I am looking for an old laptop. Could be running Windows 95 or 98. If
>>>anyone has one they are interested in getting rid of please contact me
>>>
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>off
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>>>line.
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>>Head over to Collinsville this afternoon. There is a computer
>>clearance sale going on this weekend. I purchased this IBM Thinkpad 600E
>>there about a year and a half ago for $350 and have been quite satisfied
>>with it. Be advised you should probably just plan on buying a new
>>battery for whatever laptop you get.
>>
>>Geo Jim
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