On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:19:19PM -0500, Colin Kilbane wrote: > I've been refering people to tran micro for quite some time now. Of the > people that I referred, about 15 or so bought their machines there and all > of them have been satisfied 100%. I have personally built 6 machines with > them and have had no problems. Sure you can get it cheaper on line, but > then factor in shipping, at least 10 to 30 bucks and the fact that you get > exceptional service right here in town, no RMA's no mailing anything > anywhere. It's a better deal in the end. The only time I don't buy it > there is when they don't carry it. I'm sounding like a comercial here.... Well, although I _ocassionaly_ go to General Nanosystems to buy components (they've been beating Tran in price lately), I also have to recommend Tran Micro. Even if they're sometimes a bit more expensive than Nanosystems, Tran _tests_ everything you buy before you take it home. I bought a dual pIII MSI board, 2 pIII 800'a and 256 MB RAM there and they threw it all together, hooked it to a PS and attached a video card just so they could make sure it all worked. Also, all their systems (if you buy a full system from them) have a 1 year warrenty and they don't hassle you about calling upon it. Where I work we had a problem 700 mHz first gen (slot A, .25 micron) Athlon. It was constantly suffering heat-related lock-ups even though it was only running at about 95 degF. There was still a month or so on the warrenty, so I brought it back. Although their tech was reluctant to replace anything (they couldn't reproduce the lockups since they only keep it at 65 deg in there!), once I explained everything to Tran and his wife (I think), they replaced the CPU (A 2nd gen slot A Athlon w/ .18 micron process!) for free. Of course, our problems still weren't solved and about a month after the warranty _ran out_, they gave us a brand, spankin' new mobo free of charge. Tested, of course :) Gabe -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gabe Turner gabe at msi.umn.edu SGI Origin Systems Administrator, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation www.msi.umn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------