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Author: Keith Smith
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Subject: Re: Buying hardware cheep
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 <>
>> 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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