| Art Alexion on 14 Sep 2005 18:16:35 -0000 |
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Malcolm J Harwood wrote: >On Wednesday 14 September 2005 01:33 pm, George Gallen wrote: > > >>http://www.globalcomputer.com/AOL-PC/index.asp >> >>It's XP and requires a 1yr AOL contract @23/month >>but it's 200.00 with a monitor and printer billed in 3 payments. >> >> > > > >>looks to be about $50.00 shipping charge to NJ FYI >> >> > >If they're running linux, the don't need AOL, and the total above comes to >$476. Even CompUSA will sell you a machine +monitor for less than that. :-/ > >I'm not sure if $500 qualifies as "limited funds". > > He had called to ask me about a Dell 2400: * 2.4 gHz celeron * 8 gb HD * cd-rw drive * 256 mb RAM * comes with keyboard, mouse, printer & standard CRT 17" monitor * XP Home. The price is $299. The catch is $80 shipping + $11 handling. The $80 shipping is waived for purchases of $549 or more. So the price is really closer to $400. I was wondering if 1. he could save more foregoing the XP and having me install Linux or 2. there is anything out there available used. -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC arthur [at] alexion [dot] com aim: aalexion sms: 2679725536 [at] messaging [dot] sprintpcs [dot] com PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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