[olug] compter parts

[Craig Wolf]

Buying an eMachine is good too.  That is the other option I give my customers if they need it quicker than 1 week and the price is equivalent to Dell, along with the quality.  They also ONLY use industry standard parts (mobo, HD, floppy, etc.).  I have had good luck with them over the last 4 years.  Still have to pay the M$ tax but can't do anything about that yet....  8<)
Don't forget, no need for M$ Office, OpenOffice.org is working wonderfully along with the great Mozilla!

Craig Wolf
Linux Web Server Support
Backup Supervisor
Desktop/Network Specialist
402-894-6283

>>> tim at bornholtz.com 11/06/03 13:56 PM >>>
I'm not trying to be facetious, but how about http://www.dell.com.  I 
just went through the same thing at home.  After looking and pricing 
things out, I ended up going to Dell and getting their low end PC.  This 
is a PC for my wife (not me) and she wants Word, email, the web, and her 
proprietary program for her business.  She doesn't need something fancy 
or high powered.

I ended up getting her a 2.2G Celery, 256MB Ram, 80G Hdd, 17" monitor, 
CD Burner for $572 with tax and shipping.  Comparing this to her old PC, 
this thing is blazing fast.

Of course I did have to pay the MS tax for Windows XP but at least I've 
converted her over to Mozilla for email and web.  I've almost got her 
convinced to switch to AbiWord too.

If you are interested in building your own, I've had pretty good luck 
with Computers To Go (http://www.computers2go.com/). They have a shop in 
Bellevue and are really helpful whenever questions arose.


-Tim


mescie wrote:

> I'm going to build a computer for my mom.I was in no hurry to get it 
> done but things have changed and now I need to do it by christmas.I 
> have some of the parts here at home but I still need to buy some 
> things,(case,mobo,harddrive).I'd like to get it all on one site,can I 
> have some opinions on some sites good or bad?
>
>                   Thanks,Gary
>
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