[ale] Low cost motherboards

[John LaPierre]

I've done a lot of business with Ginstar - from 99 - 2001, my business 
purchased over 100 PC's that they assembled and enough parts to make hundreds 
more that we assembled or just used for replacements. In that time Ginstar 
grew quite a bit. They used to be the lowest price in town but others are 
down there with them now. The best thing about Ginstart was that in all that 
time, I had 1 motherboard, 1 CD-ROM and I think 1 video card that was bad, or 
went bad during the warranty period of 1 year. We had very good luck with 
their parts. Even though many people sell the same parts, we didn't have the 
same good fortune in other shops. We tried a lot of bargain shops and some 
sold absolute trash where we had to return 30% or more of our purchases. The 
bad thing about Ginstar is that the word is out, and you will most likely 
experience long waits, and being purely busine$$ oriented, they don't always 
have the best customer relations. If you do a telephone order, be very sure 
the rep understood you, some of the rep's English is pretty poor. The key is 
to know your hardware, know what you want when you go there and in this way I 
found that I got reliable parts at low prices.

Keep in mind that YMMV.  


On Saturday 06 July 2002 01:17 am, George Johnson wrote:
> Have not tried either of them as I am in Marietta.  Ginstar sounds
> interesting.  Where are they and how do they compare to www.pricewatch.com
> ? Also does anyone know when the next tax free computer sale is?  I am
> looking to acquire another laptop.  My 133 is getting tired and slow.  Need
> a drive large enough to install Linux as well as M$ winders.
>
> gj
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Byron A Jeff [mailto:byron at cc.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 9:00 PM
> To: George Johnson
> Cc: James P. Kinney III; "Atlanta Linux User Group (E-mail)"
> Subject: Re: [ale] Low cost motherboards
>
> > What is HL Computer?  Never heard of them.
>
> It's an Asian run computer shop on Hwy 78 just past Stone Mountain. I've
> used
> them a couple of times and I've been satified with both the product and the
> service. However all in all I find that Ginstar's prices are consistently
> cheaper. So that's who I frequent the most nowadays.
>
> BAJ
>
> > gj
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 5:37 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux User Group (E-mail)
> > Subject: [ale] Low cost motherboards
> >
> > I just left HL Computer. They have an all-in-one motherboard for $10.
> > Includes graphics, 10/100 NIC, sound, modem (win modem most likely). It
> > has both a slot 1 and a socket 370 (one at a time, only) It is an AT/ATX
> > style power supply. They also have AT cases for $19. These would make
> > great LTSP boxes or firewalls, etc.
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