[wellylug] new desktop

[Carl Turney]

Been around since the days of the 8086 and MSDOS 2.01 - working as a
hardware software support techie.  (But turned into a LINUX novice over
the past decade.  Forgotten so much about UNIX.)

Luckily, this is a hardware not a software issue...

I've learned, on hundreds of machines, not to buy the most expensive
(you're paying for corporate advertising and/or expensive mall rental),
nor the cheapest (crappy components, warranty abandonment, poor
workmanship).

If you can afford it, I would personally find what is the cheapest and buy
something at about 10 to 20% above that.  A place with an actual store
front is better than an anonymous guy at a weekend market who won't give
out pre-printed receipts.

But your mileage may vary.

Carl, Hutt Valley

> Andrej wrote:
>> On Monday 26 November 2007 00:35, Atom Smasher wrote:
>>
>>
>>> looking at prices, it seems like i'd come out ahead buying
>>> from the US even with shipping costs. can anyone recommend a
>>> local place to buy from that's competitive with US prices?
>>>