[ale] Brookhaven-area PC shop recommendations?

Calvin Harrigan charriglists at bellsouth.net
Mon Jun 16 09:55:55 EDT 2008


Ed L. Cashin wrote:
> 2008/6/14 Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net>:
>> I may have an Athlon Thunderbird that I can donate. In fact, I may have
>> a complete motherboard with processor and fan. You would probably have
>> to supply memory, but I may even have some memory that will work for
>> you.
>>
>> If you are interested, let me know.
> 
> I appreciate your generosity, but I wound up getting
> a refurbished (and slightly nicer) machine at MicroCenter
> and the putting hard drive and wireless card from my old
> one into it.
> 
> Thanks to everybody for the help.  MicroCenter is not the
> kind of place I had in mind, where I could have opened up
> my machine on a table, tried a few used parts out for quick
> diagnosis, and then bought parts.  Maybe one of the Mom &
> Pop stores on Jimmy Carter Blvd. would have helped me do
> something like that.
> 
> I was really impressed by the level of knowledge that the
> staff possessed, though.  They were very polite and helpful,
> too.
> 
Glad to hear that it worked out for you.
What version of Linux do you run?  What are the specs on the new machine?


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