another Windowless PC deal

[William Park]

Yeah, selecting French, then adding to cart, and then choosing DOS gave
me $178.50.  Why do they always have sale after I bought stuffs!!
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William

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 03:04:10PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> This long but useful RFD thread has what appears to be a great deal:
> <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/lenovo-m72e-tiny-pc-celeron-g1610t-3y-warrenty-288-15-a-1312834/>
> 
> With the right jujitsu, you can order a tiny PC for just over $200, 
> including tax.  But you have to read the a lot of the article, not just 
> the first message.
> 
> For example, if you order a French system, you can select DOS instead of 
> Windows saving a whole bunch.  But how to do that isn't obvious.
> 
> Tricks I remember:
> 
> - use the Lenovo EPP when logging in (employee purchase plan) (explained 
>   in #1)
> 
> - (before adding to cart!), select French
> 
> - downgrade the CPU to the Celeron G1610T (explained in #1)
> 
> - consider adding Intel combo wireless card (I think that it supports
>   802.11whatever + Bluetooth) for $30
> 
> - select free wireless keyboard and mouse.  Use choice 445 because
>   that is actually an English keyboard.
> 
> - add to cart
> 
> - edit your order.  At this point DOS option shows up.  But many of
>   your other choices might have been washed away: fix them
> 
> - use the coupon code CAXDISCOUNT on purchase page (explained in #1)
> 
> Warning:
> 
> - this might be a price error and Lenovo might cancel orders
> 
> - USB2 only
> 
> - VGA and DisplayPort only.  Use a cheap dongle to get HDMI or
>   (single-link) DVI.
> 
> - DisplayPort *might* not have sound.  That would be stupid, but it is
>   true of some other Lenovo models.
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