[ale] What's the best geek store in Atlanta area?

[Charles Shapiro]

Gosh, a wiki for ALE might be a great idea.

http://tomshiro.org/twiki/view/ALE

There's even a discussion there about this very subject under
'CheapAtlantaHardware'.

-- CHS


On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Daniel Howard <dhhoward at comcast.net>wrote:

> I've often found Fry's better on somethings and MicroCenter on others.
> To really answer this question we should come up with a simple list of
> basic stuff and perhaps even hard to find stuff and do an availability/
> price comparison, each of us noting best prices/brands of things on the
> list and comparing notes on this list?  For example, here's the kind of
> typical stuff I usually get at Frys/Microcenter for all the donated
> stuff I refurbish for schools/community centers:
>
> Switches
> Gigabit NICs
> Flashdrives (when on sale)
> Optical drive replacements
> HDDs (SATA, PATA, desktop/notebook)
> Video cards
> RAM (desktop and notebook)
> Mice/Keyboards
> Power supplies
>
> and of course, cans of compressed air!  If anyone sees other stuff to
> add, I'll be happy to note prices next time I'm there and report back,
> and maybe several of us could update the prices when we've been there.
>
> (This is where a good wiki for ALE might come in handy...)
>
> I always check price on NewEgg and see if the price plus shipping is
> significantly lower, and if so I just order from NewEgg.  But lots of
> times the shipping puts the cost over what Microcenter charges, even
> with tax.  For example, I needed 10 optical mice for our media center,
> and Newegg had them for $3 but with shipping they were $9.  Microcenter
> had a bunch on sale for $3.99 each.  It just depends.
>
> Also, for complete systems that you can specify motherboards, etc. for,
> PCUSA.com is in Norcross, and so far all the servers I bought there have
> been solid, and you can call them and order and pick up to avoid $40-50
> shipping charges.  Downtown, GIM computers is still my favorite.
>
> The ultimate is of course to go in and ask every sales dude/dudette if
> they have Linux at home..that earns credit in my book for best Geek Store.
>
> Best, Daniel
>
> --
> Daniel Howard
> President and CEO
> Georgia Open Source Education Foundation
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