[Eug-lug] deal at Best Buy on Toshiba notebook $249

[Allen Brown]

You don't get what you pay for.  Go into a car dealership
and buy a car for twice the sticker price.  The car will not
be twice as good for you having done so.  I promise!

The saying should be "you pay for what you get".
-- 
Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org  http://69.59.200.90/~abrown/
   If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're
   not doing anything very innovative. --- Woody Allen

LinuxRocks! wrote:
> Are you saying sometimes you get what you pay for? wow! 
> 
> I think your analogy is a terrible one... the $300 car was a sweet sweet 
> deal. also, #4, how is being an import a benefit? Worst car analogy 
> evar.
> 
> Jamie
> 
> On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 10:18:28AM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote:
> 
>>Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:18:28 -0800
>>From: "Ben Barrett" <stircrazyben at gmail.com>
>>To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug at euglug.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] deal at Best Buy on Toshiba notebook $249
>>
>>I for one think it is worth it.  As an analogy, I used to have a $300 car,
>>and it worked :)
> 
> 
>>My newer car cost a whole $1000 more, and it is:
>>1) a more comfortable ride with more amenities
>>2) getting better mileage & not leaking as much oil & tranny fluid
>>3) looks nicer, and nearly as roomy for storage & moving stuff around
>>4) an import!  :)
>>
>>I see a lot of parallels in this metaphor, albeit because it is personal --
>>items #1 & #3 are not as easily quantifiable,
>>but I was able to get hints about the value of those benefits before I
>>bought it...  hope this helps.  As with anything,
>>it depends what you want out of it, and what you can afford (don't forget,
>>can you afford to wait a while to buy?).
>>
>>cheers,
>>
>>    Ben
>>
>>PS - I find it exciting, in the context of helping non-computer-buffs find a
>>new machine, that we now have a variety of good, sub-$500 portables on the
>>market -- just keep shopping around; I was surprised to find a great deal on
>>a Toshiba at CompUSA & pick it up in person (up in PDX) for a client
>>recently... not too many laptop models support 4GB of RAM yet.  Some
>>Toshiba's, some IBM/Lenovo's, and a few others...
>>
>>
>>On 12/3/06, LinuxRocks! <linux at rocksolidnetworks.com> wrote:
>>
>>>...
>>>I also like the apple laptops, but but like the thinkpads, i dont much
>>>like the price :(
>>>
>>>Jamie