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Tuesday | November 18th, 2008

$119 to set up a PC

from The PC Informant

I haven’t been paying attention to what was being charged to install a new PC. Then I saw this item at Barron’s, AT&T Offers Rival to Best Buy’s “Geek Squad”; $119 to Set Up Your New PC:

A simple PC set-up, where the tech takes the thing out the box, hooks it up to your network, downloads updates to Microsoft (MSFT) Windows, and hooks up your printer, will cost a flat-rate $119.

Apparently, Best Buy charges $129. And to think that I have been doing it for nothing. Or maybe a cup of coffee. Bigger jobs, I ask for a sandwich.

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  • Title: $119 to set up a PC
  • Written on: August 21st, 2008
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