good local motherboard source?

[Gregory Boyce]

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 17:01, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    From: Bob Keyes <bob at sinister.com>
>    Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:10:58 -0500 (EST)
> 
>    Hi all,
>    I have been getting tired of waiting for kernels to compile on my lowly
>    833 mhz p3, so I am looking to upgrade. Athlon XP 2100 seems to be the
>    sweet spot right now, looking at pricewatch shows multiple vendors with
>    board/cpu/fan for under $100. I placed an order with tufshop, but they've
>    claimed they are out of stock and are now trying to bait & switch me. I
>    then read online reviews that show they are really horrible. This makes me
>    doubt other pricewatch vendors as well. So anyhow I am going to cancel my
>    order with tufshop.
> 
>    Anyhow know of a good local place to pick up something like this?
>    MicroCenter steals from you by not being reliable with rebates,
>    pcsforeveryone seems expensive and their staff seems to only want to sell
>    full $2000 systems. I am willing to pay a small premium for a local
>    purchase but they seller needs to be GOOD.
> 
>    By local I mean T accessible.
> 
> PC's for Everyone.  Off First St. in Cambridge, probably a shade
> closer to Lechmere than to Kendall Square.

I strongly second them.  I'm thinking of buying a laptop from them.

Their website (www.pcsforeveryone.com) gives you a good idea of their
available stock.

-- 
Gregory Boyce <gboyce at badbelly.com>