Re: Looked at MGB today and...


"BessieBee" <idontsmoke@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:46:42 -0500, "BLueCoBra"
> <bluecobra@*nospam*intergate.com> wrote:
>
> >FYI, for those of you who don't know. 'Jumping' a car is taking booster
> >cables and using them to send electricity from a good battery in a
running
> >car to a dead battery in a non running car. This is also known as
> >jump-starting. At least in my neck of the woods it is.
> >
> >Carry on....
>
> I know what you meant, BLue. The battery in question was a brand new
> one, installed that AM. (The guy selling the MG is a mechanic - he
> had several cars in various stages of repair)
>
> The more I think about it the more I'm wondering why the seller would
> go to the expense and trouble of putting in a new battery. AND, how
> often is a battery dead when it's brand new?
>
> I'm thinking some things are being masked with the "dead new battery"
> story.
Could be, or there's something shorting out the battery fast enough to do it
in less than a day. Maybe if you can get the price low enough it would
justify having somebody to track down the short. Could be something
easy/cheap enough to make it a bargain.

>
> Today I'm all over the Dell site, pricing desktops and notebooks.
> Which kind to get? My sister just got a notebook from Dell and after
> only 24 hours LOVES it. I've never had a notebook, but like the
> portability of it. OTOH, a desktop would be less expensive.

My gf just got a dell notebook. Pretty sweet too. (the notebook that is)
We ended up getting a Dell Inspiron 6000 that was refurbished. It had extras
on there that would've bumped a brand new 6000 up by at least $500. So I
think we made out pretty good.
Specs if anybody's interested:
1.60 Ghz Pentium M proc 725
1 Gig of memory
80 GB hard drive
ATI Radeon 64MB X300 video card
15.4 Inch LCD screen
Windows XP home
Office 2003 Small Biz Edition
internal wireless networking
24X CDRW/DVD combo drive
Total cost incl tax and $9 s/h (current discount offer) was $981.79 (US $)
I thought it was a very good deal.
Make sure you get an optical mouse if you decide on a laptop or you'll be
back to smoking in no time lol.

Anyways, now I want a laptop too. :oD


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