[AccessD] Good laptop cheap

Bob:

You ask a good question ...  I may be "too demanding" or whatever, but,
at a minimum, I expect a computer to come with the current version of
Windows - and a decent version of Microsoft Office - irrespective of "how
good" the price may be.  (I read an article several months ago on /. to
the effect that mass market PC sellers like Dell, Gateway, Toshiba and
eMachines pay Microsoft something like $49.00 for each copy of Windows;
so the software IS NOT a major component of system cost.)  I figure that
bundled "home editions" of Windows and Office [together] probably cost
the retail seller somewhere around $125.00.

I went down to Best Buy last Friday to check out the $750.00 (after
rebates) eMachines model M5405 notebook computer that John Colby had
tipped us about.  Once I discovered that the M5405 DID NOT have Microsoft
Office installed, (it had some puny collection of utilities that it
called "Microsoft Works"), I said "Sayonara" on that deal and left the
store.

Alan C. Lawhon
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Heygood [mailto:bheygood at abestsystems.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:03 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good laptop cheap


curious, did either of these come with actual disks for windows and such.
seems there is a trend towards not including such...

sorry if too OT,


bob heygood



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Mark Breen
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:38 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Good laptop cheap


Don't do it John,

I never look at PC specs after I have purchased a PC, because no
matter what, you will see a better deal.

I hope that you enjoy the new machine,

Mark





On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:38:59 -0500, John W. Colby
<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> For all those who were not able to take advantage of the Emachines laptop
> (or didn't trust the brand)
>
>
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1093468419744&type=product&skuId=
> 6851267&tab=6
>
> A nice Toshiba for $650 after rebates.  Not as much machine as the
Emachines
> but still a good deal.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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