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What monkeys can teach us about shopping (and other things)
U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:33:05 -0600, graham > wrote:
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> >On 2018-04-12 11:50 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:15:41 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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> >>> wrote:
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> >>>> I had to go to Walmart once (to pick up my grandsons med cos his dads
> >>>> insurance said it had to be there) and while waiting I looked round.
> >>>> An HP laptop looked a really good deal, until I noticed it had some
> >>>> unknown make of hard drive in it. So beware, really look at the
> >>>> specs, you get what you pay for!
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for that. Yeah, I'm hoping I can get one from Walmart.
> >>> Even if a model is not in store, their website does not list all
> >>> the specs that I want. Next is to look again tonight on the
> >>> website, note a few potential models, then look up all specs on
> >>> the company's own page. Most that I've considered are HP
> >>> computers. A fairly decent company, imo.
> >>>
> >>> Then very soon, go and look in the local store to hopefully see a
> >>> physical one and see what it looks like in real life. If they
> >>> don't carry one locally, Walmart does offer the order one and
> >>> have it sent to your local store in 2 days for pickup.
> >>
> >> HP does sell online. HP.com
> >>
> >ISTR that sometime last year, all and sundry here were slamming HP. I
> >looked into HP and bought a Dell instead.
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> dell also sells on line. Dell.com
Around the turn of the millenium Dell IIRC was sort of the "Cadillac" - or maybe "Buick" - of personal computers. They were well - built, and got great reviews. The desktop I bought in 2001 lasted almost nine years...for the time,it was expensive at around US$1300.00; mine had a whole 16g drive, which was considered decent for the time...
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Best
Greg
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