John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Dec 9 08:14:43 CST 2004
Alan, You are definitely too demanding. Look at the prices for notebooks. Sure you can get a DELL, you can get it with Office installed. But you pay a LOT for the privilege. I already own office, I purchased it separately. I own it and I can move it from system to system as I please. If you get a version installed on a laptop, it comes in that laptop's install / restore disk which won't install on any other machine. That's just plain silly. Buy a good laptop, get the best price possible. Buy Office, get the best price possible. Because you refused to buy a laptop without Office installed you missed out on the best price for a laptop of that value I have EVER seen. So go ahead, drop an extra 350 dollars and get less of a laptop with Office on it from Dell. Not me! In fact I became a Microsoft "partner" and bought the action pack for $300. I get TEN LICENSES for Office, Windows XP, SQL Server 2000 and a TON of other stuff. Why in the world would I pay for a laptop with that stuff installed? John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lawhon, Alan C Contractor/Morgan Research Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 3:45 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [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 > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com