[EUG-LUG:74] Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Ben Barrett
Is anyone planning a trip to Fry's? (up by Portland, that is) I need some hardware, and would prefer to shop there, even though the internet is more accessible to me! thanx Ben

[EUG-LUG:75] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Justin Bengtson
hey ben, what do you need? you might want to try PC Parts Express in springfield first... On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 09:07, Ben Barrett wrote: Is anyone planning a trip to Fry's? (up by Portland, that is) I need some hardware, and would prefer to shop there, even though the internet is more

[EUG-LUG:76] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Bob Miller
Ben Barrett wrote: Is anyone planning a trip to Fry's? Fry's is pure evil. By way of illustration, a Google search for fry's sucks returns 1780 hits. Searching for pcpartsexpress sucks returns 0 hits, and \pc training center\ sucks returns 1 hit*. Check out some of the anti-Fry's sites

[EUG-LUG:77] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Jim Darrough
On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 09:07, Ben Barrett wrote: Is anyone planning a trip to Fry's? (up by Portland, that is) I need some hardware, and would prefer to shop there, even though the internet is more accessible to me! thanx Ben If you need memory or hard drives, check out Stan.

[EUG-LUG:79] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Nss
Don't bother with fry's I live up here now and don't even bother going to fry's. Fry's changed the way they do business several years ago and you will be hard pressed to find a good deal there any more. Here are the links to the parts stores I goto up here if your interested. Nss

[EUG-LUG:80] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Mr O
Ever seen how good a cheap stick of RAM works under Linux? It sucks. Screw the software to make 'broken' memory work. I want good stuff off the bat and I'll pay the few extra dollars to go Crucial, Mushkin, or other high quality RAM. Also, PCParts aren't all that good. I only buy there if I

[EUG-LUG:81] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Patrick R. Wade
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:03:59AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: Ben Barrett wrote: Is anyone planning a trip to Fry's? Fry's is pure evil. By way of illustration, a Google search for fry's sucks returns 1780 hits. Searching for pcpartsexpress sucks returns 0 hits, and \pc training center\ sucks

[EUG-LUG:82] Re: Fry's

2001-11-18 Thread Justin Bengtson
don't you work at that store in the oakway center? the one that sells an intel pro 100S NIC for $69? i can get those at PC Parts for $42. i also find the staff to be knowledgable and polite. they're the reason i can offer my clients a decent, low cost computer. all of the cheap parts in my