[lug] Cheap laptop for a neophyte

[Bear Giles]

Michael J. Hammel wrote:
> not to mention the Dell's at work (which I did not buy) have been more
> trouble than the off-the-shelf stuff I put together from component
> purchases.  But ignoring that, why would you buy something from a vendor
> who changes the price by the minute?
>   
I've never heard of a BYO laptop/notebook/netbook.

They change the prices every day or two, not every minute.  That's 
normal behavior at many manufacturing or service sites, it's a way of 
balancing inventory flow.  A services example is airlines, e.g., by 
encouraging people to take off-hours flights so they have more seats to 
sell on the prime-hours flights where they can charge more.

Bear