[ale] Averatec

[Geoffrey]

Christopher Fowler wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 13:12, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
>>"starts at $1215"
>>
> 
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> SAM's club may not seem like an obvious place but they offer an extended
> warranty at $19 per year.  I paid almost $300 for my extended warranty
> at BestBuy.

Are you a Costco member?  Seems they have some comparable hp/compaq 
hardware:

Presario starting at $841.
http://www.costco.com/CTO/HPConfigurator.aspx?Prodid=10029572&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&model=PV855AV

Pavilion starting at $890.
http://www.costco.com/CTO/HPConfigurator.aspx?Prodid=10029570&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&model=PV815AV


I think I'd be willing to pay a bit extra for the name.  They both seem 
to be comparable in configuration to the averatec and you can 'down' 
configure if you want to cut the price.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey