This Friday is Veteran’s Day, and there are various locations offering specials for veterans on that day.  You can view one list on Google Docs in the document Veterans-Day2011.pdf.  There is a slightly different list at Military.com’s article “Veterans Day Discounts”.  There may be others as well, but please only give links if the special is offered in Ohio.  Thanks for understanding.

Well, this is certainly exciting!  This is the first blog post advising you that we now have for sale a refurbished MicronPC laptop!  In addition, you get to hear about it right here first!

This should make an excellent starter system for someone just getting started in computing.  It has:

• 15" (measured diagonally) TFT screen
• Pentium 4M, 1.7 GHz
• Fingerprint scanner
• Upgraded to 1 GB RAM
• Upgraded w/ 80 GB HD
• New battery *
• DVD drive
• Wireless G Plus PC card
• Power supply and cord
• Dell AIO 810 printer
• Microsoft Windows XP Pro w/ manufacturer disks and MS sticker
• Restore partition so refreshes won’t take days
• OpenOffice (compatible with MS Office)
• AVG Free Antivirus
• Malwarebytes Antimalware
• 14 day hardware warranty on main system *

All this for $200, including free delivery in any of our three service zones!

PLUS: Mention that you saw this ad on John D’s blog, and you can get a 12 month service contract for only $100 more.  It includes 2 visits during the year to scan for viruses and do backups of the system.  In addition, you get 2 diagnostic service calls up to one hour each should you have any problems during the year.  This package alone usually costs $300!

Price doesn’t include help with setup or configuration (if you desire it), but if you purchase the service contract, you can use one of your one hour sessions for assistance.

Remember this is a refurbished laptop, so it does have minor scratches that do not inhibit the functionality of the system.

If it is not mentioned, do not assume it comes with the system (e.g., it does not come with carrying case).

You can read more about the original specs it in the “MicronPC TransPort GX3” review by Carla Thornton at About.com.

If you are interested in this, then submit a service ticket and put in block 2 that you are interested in the “MPC Transport GX-3” and put in block 4 a good time to contact you.

* Hardware warranty on laptop does not cover battery (although it was recently bought new), but it does cover the power supply.  In addition, warranty does not cover printer, printer ink or software.