Re: Is this a good deal?

[Sean /The RIMBoy/ <sean@rimboy.com>]

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

> But those Dells are kewl "black box"es.... :=)

Convertible cases too (at least in the tower config).  Tooless
too!  Including the backplane.  

> Only problem is that the $399 Dell I was referring to costs $599 for
> the equivalent machine from WalMart - without WinXP.
> See
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1982423&cat=86798&type=19&dept=3944
> or http://fcol.org/?RH
> 
> So, subjective reasons aside, was that a good price for what Dell is selling?
> $499 for 1.8 P4, 256MB, 30GB, 40x10x40 CD-RW, 10/100 NIC, and Windows XP Home.
> (Free shipping, too)
> 
> On the face of it, the Dell looks to be $100 cheaper than the WalMart, even.

It certainly looks good.  Not that I need to buy another desktop computer.  

Sean...

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