Buying hardware cheep

[Keith Smith]

Good Point

On 2015-07-23 10:50, David Schwartz wrote:
> Actually, since you brought this up …
> 
> A couple of years ago, I picked up a killer deal on an Asus laptop at
> Best Buy just as Windows 8 was being released.
> 
> Seems retailers all over were flushing out stock of everything that
> had Windows 7 installed.
> 
> So this might simply be an indicator that they’re doing the same thing
> right now, as Windows 10 is due to ship the 29th — next Wednesday.
> 
> If it works the same as last time, they don’t want retailers to have
> ANY machines out for sale that don’t have Windows 10 installed
> already.
> 
> So keep your eyes out for deals all over the place for the next week,
> especailly this weekend.
> 
> The laptop I got was a refurbished item that I think cost me $189. The
> full retail price on them was around $400.
> 
> -David "The Tool Wiz" Schwartz
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I only buy when I can get a really good deal.  I own this exact laptop 
>> as does my wife.  I run Mint on mine.  I wish I would have gotten this 
>> good of a deal.  I got a deal, however not this good.
>> 
>> http://www.staples.com/Dell-Inspiron-Laptop-156-500GB-Hard-Drive-4GB-Memory-Intel-i3/product_1075790?cid=BNR:CORP:8689192:1037702:117501376:290360272:0
>> 
>> Deals like this do not come along often.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Keith Smith
>> 
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