Athlon might crap out on you in 1 week, or 10 minutes. Overheating problem, yada yada yada. Well, you can just drive down to GNS or TM and get it replaced. Good luck doing that online, and chances are, the price you are given is OEM and you only have 30 days on it anyway. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay J" <jay-tclug at 3pound.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] New system recommendations > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:19:19 -0500 (CDT) > Colin Kilbane <colin at tyr.med.umn.edu> wrote: > > > 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.... > > > > Colin Kilbane > > I just have to address this particular point. > > What's the sense of paying (for example) $179.99 for Athlon 1.3GHz at > GNS instead of ~$130 + shipping? > > That ~$50 savings gets you a 256MB stick .... > > By the time that Athlon craps out on you, chances are you'll have to > send to the factory anyway .. no? > > I buy cases, video cards and monitors (occasionally) at GNS .. all > the stuff that doesn't make sense to ship. > > -Jay > > p.s. just don't order from computerhq.com, be sure to check reseller > ratings when ordering on-line. > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >