It goes a little like this. As a shop we limit ourselves to a certain number of vendors otherwise they all call begging for more business. So if our few vendors don't have an older part such as P3 boards (though we can often still get Tyan dual CPU boards) then we encourage the buyer to check online. We often do our best to match prices online. We do have a storefront to maintain and I have to pay my bills. Our prices are often quoted as the retail price. We don't choose to carry cheap components and find that if something has a higher than acceptable return rate (in our case that often equates to "if more than two of said item fails within 4 to 6 weeks use we quit carrying said product". Lots of cheap hardware works fine under linux. Try Windows XP on a lot of that cheap crap and see how well your machine runs with the average user ;). Also why we limit ourselve on the amount of AMD we deal with. Far too many problems in the long run. A machine here or there for the knowledgeable is generally harmless but we don't push AMD into the hands of a beginner. VOS has the advantage of higher foot traffic, PCParts just carries *ahem* affordable stuff and you've seen that storefront. Lastly, I know alot of what works well with linux. So.. to that avail I welcome your comments, suggestions, or complaints.
The geek with too many toys, Mr O. a.k.a [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- baggab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been using PC Parts express. No sign of recognition on > the mention > of Linux, but price competitive. > > I would like to give Mr O and Computer Base a try. I am still > looking for > that PIII socket 370. I've cruzing Ebay, but maybe we could > make a deal. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
