[dba-Tech] Vista and Access 2003

Thanks John and Bobby.

I ordered a Dell Inspiron online. Looks to be better than HP at Best 
Buy, and I did up the memory and HD capacity. Got a coupon from 
BradsDeal for $300, free shipping, etc.

Thanks again, guys

At 5/5/2008 05:36 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:
>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


Bob Geldart             BGeldart at verizon.net
Maynard, MA