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Computer Shows
How do you folks feel about buying hardware at computer shows? There's one
this weekend in Orlando and I was thinking about checking it out. I've been before, just never bought anything major. Good experiences? Bad experiences? -- |
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By the way, I have an Athlon XP 2400+ and a Radeon 9700 Pro. If I could only
afford 1 upgrade for right now...which one should it be? New mobo/processor or new video card? I use my PC mainly for gaming. -- "Todd Brooks" wrote in message ... How do you folks feel about buying hardware at computer shows? There's one this weekend in Orlando and I was thinking about checking it out. I've been before, just never bought anything major. Good experiences? Bad experiences? -- |
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My experience is of computer shows in NY, MI and CA. Prices are
typically much lower than at places like Best Buy, CompUSA, Circuit City, but not as good as the best on-line vendors. You probably aren't going to find "brand-name" systems, only "Ulysses Wang's Supercharged P4 Whatsit-machine" or the like, with a warranty only as good as Ulysses Wang's customer service department -- assuming he's still in business when you need him. Many of the vendors will not take checks, and most of those that take plastic will charge you a few percent extra for the privilege. Other than impulse purchases, my computer show purchases have mostly been cases and other expensive-to-ship items, and closeout software. I have also found that fewer and fewer vendors are showing up at these events as time goes by. MB On 08/11/04 12:28 am Todd Brooks put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message into cyberspace: How do you folks feel about buying hardware at computer shows? There's one this weekend in Orlando and I was thinking about checking it out. I've been before, just never bought anything major. Good experiences? Bad experiences? |
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:28:42 -0400 Its all about soul.No soul,no life
and then "Todd Brooks" wrote : How do you folks feel about buying hardware at computer shows? There's one this weekend in Orlando and I was thinking about checking it out. I've been before, just never bought anything major. Good experiences? Bad experiences? Can only speak for the UK but I've had no problem buying from them.Over here they are strictly regulated and none of the vendors would like to get a bad reputation as they make too much money from the shows :P -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html remove obvious to reply Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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Todd Brooks wrote:
By the way, I have an Athlon XP 2400+ and a Radeon 9700 Pro. If I could only afford 1 upgrade for right now...which one should it be? New mobo/processor or new video card? I use my PC mainly for gaming. I have been buying from vendors at the shows since 1997. I have bought used scrap, new stuff, and have had very good experiences, except for twice when I bought used/scrap that was stated to be good pulls (cpu's and hard drives) but were absolutely burned out! Even considering the very few bad luck cases, I have saved tons of money, and have the parts for about 60 systems, for the cost of about 4 new ones! 20 of my 28 functioning systems came from the show. (8 were gifts). I like to donate to churches, Linux noobs, and, to poor kids. I also have some that are best for IPCOP boxes, if you are interested, and can travel to my home in Casselberry, Florida, or I might bring some stuff to give out, at the August 21st, 2004, Installfest http://leap-cf.org . So, you can get some GREAT DEALS! Just, if you buy NEW, pick a local vendor so you don't have to ship stuff far, for warranty. Folks who signed up at http://marketproshows.com got a FREE ADMISSION last week, in their email. |
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