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

[Daniel Howard]

Yikes, that what I get for missing ALE staff meetings...Thanks!

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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-- 
Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation