A couple looking for the typical five-ninety-nine computer system

Russian translation: цена

17:25 Feb 19, 2005

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Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)

English term or phrase: A couple looking for the typical five-ninety-nine computer system

People, please, help with this "five-ninety-nine computer system" thing. Is it some sort of a computer system or just pricing. I would love to have a native speaker to explain this. Thank you.

Gappo (X)

Russian translation:цена

Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2005-02-19 17:35:37 GMT)
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Usually it\'s $599.95 or $599.99.
But not $600 - as Kirill has mentioned

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Mark Vaintroub
Canada
Local time: 14:13

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цена

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a couple looking for the typical five-ninety-nine computer system

цена

Mark Vaintroub
Canada
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of:

Russian
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agree

Andrey Belousov (X): typical, cheap stuff

2 mins

-> sure thing

agree

Kirill Semenov: типичная скидка -$1, чтобы не казалось $600 ;-)

5 mins

-> sure thing, boss

agree

Aimee

21 mins

-> yeah

agree

Mikhail Kropotov: yup. reinforced by the phrasing: ***the typical*** 599 computer system

50 mins

-> Ага

agree

Jonathan Lukens (X): Just means that they only need a bare minimum sort of computer

1 hr

-> OK

agree

Angeliki Kotsidou (X): имеется в виду, что их не так интересует качество, как цена;

1 hr

-> да

agree

Ivan Novoselov: :-) А потом они уходят из магазина с решением за $4000... Already translated!

2 hrs

-> Есть много, друг Горацио, такого, что и не снилось нашим мудрецам...:-))

agree

Victor Potapov: или (flogging the nearly-dead horse) : "приходят тут, ищут компьютер подешевше" или даже "за три копейки". Вот так вот. Хотя для PC (в противовес Маку) 599 - хорошая цена, если без монитора - то много чего поместится...

2 hrs

-> Merci

agree

sergey (X): я читал, что цифра 9 - деньги приносит, так поэтому цены кругом такие

2 hrs

-> Merci

agree

Ines Burrell

3 hrs

-> Merci

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