[dba-Tech] Vista and Access 2003

Bob,

Also sign up for BradsDeals alerts.  They are always talking about Dell
coupons.  
You can sign up here:
http://www.bradsdeals.com/add-email.cfm

Here's the coupons they are talking about now:

$200 off Inspiron Desktops $749+  5/15/08  expires at 6am CST on day of
expiration  9BRVF1$PH71L0V  
$300 off Inspiron Desktops $999+  5/15/08  expires at 6am CST on day of
expiration  KGXH5QNBB2?L9$  
15% off $1700 on Select XPS 630 Desktops  5/15/08  None  D2BCGKBB4$D7WR  
25% off Notebooks $999  5/15/08  inspiron laptops only; expires at 6am CST
on day of expiration  204G$$GHGQHNMV  
30% off Inspiron Notebooks $1299+  5/15/08  expires at 6am CST on day of
expiration  5B$SH9S?7?J7LP  

http://www.bradsdeals.com/dell-coupons-mid-4.html

You can also check out TechBargains.com, XPBargains.com,  and Fatwallet.com.

Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:17 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Vista and Access 2003

Bob,

You need to look for the specials from Dell, as they come and go, and as 
you can see the difference can be hundreds of dollars.  I read on one of 
my many newsletters that if you buy the special "as is" Dell actually 
takes a loss.  They price these things to get you to the web page, 
expecting you to bump up the processor, memory, hard disk etc.  Once you 
do they start making a profit.

The key is to not pay them for any hardware upgrade you don't absolutely 
have to.  As an example the memory you can often come back later and add 
for much less money than they charge you.  Adding a second hard drive 
from Newegg is cheaper than adding one from them etc.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com