More Money Saving Tips here! I needed a new laptop computer and printer and my good friend and certified Computer Geek told me I needed to go to the Micro Center, here in Denver. It is located near Tamarac & I-225. I had been there once before... Imagine a giant Kroger or WalMart store just devoted to computer, software, periperals and gadgets for these necessary devices. Anyway, on just a normal Monday afternoon, these guys were swamped with customers from everywhere, buying anything and everything relating to computing, telephony and our new digital universe that man has created.
So, back to the story, I was in search of a decent, but inexpensive laptop computer and printer. After taking a look at the 10" driveless models, the sales man talked me into a unit with a drive and more memory. After all, we will just be using this to go to www.aztecmundo.com and www.Aisle19.com, once we get up and running. As we got squared away on the main items, the salesman pointed out two additional gadgets that might also simplify things. The first item was an Inverter, which would allow us to run the computer and printer from the cigarette lighter in the car - very useful! The second involved a much smaller device called a "Tornado," which allows a person to connect two laptops together, to share info, thus avoiding having to set up a network, simply to swap files.
All in all, the shopping experience at The Micro Center was favorable and probably less expensive than shopping at other competitors. I did notice, for instance, that most of the bigger ticket items were being sold for less than MSRP and my $120 HP printer had a $70 rebate, so I was able to see many choices in the respective computer categories, and get what I thought were good deals. In this case, not shopping online seemed to make more sense because we needed the equipment quickly and at a decent price.
So, back to the story, I was in search of a decent, but inexpensive laptop computer and printer. After taking a look at the 10" driveless models, the sales man talked me into a unit with a drive and more memory. After all, we will just be using this to go to www.aztecmundo.com and www.Aisle19.com, once we get up and running. As we got squared away on the main items, the salesman pointed out two additional gadgets that might also simplify things. The first item was an Inverter, which would allow us to run the computer and printer from the cigarette lighter in the car - very useful! The second involved a much smaller device called a "Tornado," which allows a person to connect two laptops together, to share info, thus avoiding having to set up a network, simply to swap files.
All in all, the shopping experience at The Micro Center was favorable and probably less expensive than shopping at other competitors. I did notice, for instance, that most of the bigger ticket items were being sold for less than MSRP and my $120 HP printer had a $70 rebate, so I was able to see many choices in the respective computer categories, and get what I thought were good deals. In this case, not shopping online seemed to make more sense because we needed the equipment quickly and at a decent price.
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