Re: connecting two laptops to USB - easy question

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you have trouble getting the rebates?  CompUSA owes me about three.


Dan wrote:
> On 8/22/06, Mark Villa <iseries.4.me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks all...
> > I can tell you after looking at the price for a simple USB A/B switch
> > it makes more sense just to get a USB print server.
> >
> > It is a little crazy to spend $79 or even less for a cheap printer and
> > have to spend the same amount on cables....what a racket.
>
>
> Veering off-topic just a bit, but I've decided to never by ink again.  I
> stock up on printers with rebates that knock the price down so that it
> matches (or is lower than) what I would spend on ink replacments.
>
> Well, that's the goal anyway.
>
> Gotta hand it to the printer manufacturers, though.  What a brilliant
> economic model.  Essentially give away the printer, and sell ink for what is
> basically thousands of dollars per gallon.  I've never actually done the
> math on that, but it's gotta be up there.  How many grams of ink are in that
> $30 cartridge???
>
> Also, if you're not in a huge hurry, you can usually find printer routers on
> sale with or w/o rebates.  I just (two weeks ago) picked up a combo deal
> (wireless USB print server and a router) from CompUSA for about $16 after
> rebates.
>
> - Dan