Re: [PLUG] laptop wanted

["Aaron Mulder" <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu>]

On 11/29/06, Joshua Karstendick <joshdick@gmail.com> wrote:
> If your son is a student, I suggest you look into how much of an
> educational discount you can get.

If that doesn't work, some large companies have employee discounts,
and if that doesn't work you can get like 5% off by calling Apple
business sales instead of going through the regular sales channels.
But I guess it depends on whether you need another printer and iPod.
:)

Thanks,
    Aaron

> On 11/29/06, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Related question on son wanting a macbook.  Prices seem similar across the
> > board, with the Apple store in KoP offering the best rebates or free extras
> > (we got a free printer and iPod when we bought my daughter an iBook).  Is
> > there any reason to shop for Apple stuff, or are the prices as controlled as
> > they seem?
> >
> > On Tuesday 28 November 2006 11:33, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> > > This is a good time to be asking, I guess.  Dell has all their laptops on
> > > sale:
> > >
> > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/hot_offers_nb?c=us&cs=04
> > >&l=en&s=bsd
> > >
> > > There was a $300 laptop last Friday, or $99 if you signed up for
> > > Vonage.  May not be able to get that price again, but wow.  On the
> > > higher end, Lenovo has their machines on sale:
> > >
> > > http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/special-offers.workflow:ShowP
> > >romo?LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/sales/2006/2006_Holiday_sale&re=home_
> > >A_us&trac=HPA
> > >
> > > And also some cheaper ones in the outlet:
> > >
> > > http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/catalog.workflow:show-categor
> > >y-with-items?category-id=B7187BC8301341A390C248E646D39C03
> > >
> > > I'm sure you can find any number of deals from the electronics chains
> > > too...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >      Aaron
> > >
> > > On 11/28/06, Bill Patterson <patterson@computer.org> wrote:
> > > > My daughter is interested in a Windows laptop.  Any good ones for
> > > > reasonable sale?
> > > >
> > > > Bill Patterson
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