We got a new computer! It's an HP computer, and has Windows XP on it. It's
actually new! This is the first one we've bought since the fall of 2000.
We bought it on the day after Thanksgiving. Erick went to (I think it
was) Circuit City really early in the morning and stood in line for 40 minues.
But you had to order it, you couldn't pick it up that day. They advertised it
for $99, and that you could get certain upgrades (better printer, more memory,
larger monitor) for another $49. This is after a bunch of mail in rebates, of
course. It did say that shipping and handling was not included, but it didn't
tell you that you had to order and that shipping was going to be $100. It was
still a good deal, so we went ahead and got it. Erick said a lot of people
didn't--once they found out about the shipping charge they left the line in
disgust. I guess they felt it was a scam. Maybe that was quite a bit for
shipping, but still, $250 is a pretty darn good price for a new computer! I
really like it. The monitor is so much bigger, and things run so much faster
than our old computer. The monitor screen is large! It even connects faster.
They delivered it yesterday, and we got it set up. We put the old one
downstairs for the kids to play games on. They think it's great having their own
computer. I had to wait to get on yesterday, though, because Erick was finishing
up his last school papers on it. Today's his last real day of school before
finals next week, and then he's got one more semester left and then he
graduates! Yay!
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