I would agree - Tigerdirect UPS ground shipping almost always arrives the next day if you order by early evening with good prices and service, and I've never heard anyone complain about Newegg's service.
So if you know what pieces you want, those are really good bets. Cheers, Vern PK wrote: > I also use Tigerdirect and Newegg. I almost always shop > best-bang-for-the-buck unless the one paying indicates otherwise. I > found Newegg to have top notch customer service. Tigerdirect is good CS, > but nothing like Newegg. I do use Tigerdirect more because their > warehouse/system can be less than 24 hours from order to receiving. > > It seems like the best-bang-for-the-buck system works well for > Windows, which usually means overkill for any Linux system I've ever > admin'd. > > HTH > > Paul > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: MIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Fort Wayne Linux Users Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:16:54 AM > Subject: Re: [fwlug] Buying a new box > > I have had good luck getting good gear for little money using New Egg, > Tiger > Direct and the like. Of course it will take more time to hunt up the > most bang > for the buck and if you have set yourself a budget (a good idea lest you > end up > over spending as 'feature creap' takes hold <g>). Also you still have > to build > the system as well. But you can save 20% to 40% depending. > > MikeD > > Michael Kerney wrote: > > What/where do you guys recommend for buying a new PC (just a tower - > monitor > > already taken care of) sans Windows? Here in town or a favorite place > > online? > > > > I intend to run Ubuntu on it, which I shouldn't think would pose a > problem. > > Doesn't need to be pre-installed, of course. > > > > -Michael > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it now. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
