From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 18:47:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DCD216A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:47:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D7A43D45 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:47:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id C3557153883; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:47:06 -1000 (HST) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:47:06 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20050429184705.GA16177@tikitechnologies.com> Mail-Followup-To: Gary Kline , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050429004556.GA71140@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Mailorder vendors (was Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:47:08 -0000 > Also, if anybody knows of a good online store, please let me > know. I found a website called "tigerdirect.com". Am I > tossing the dice? anybody dealt with this place? TigerDirect has been around for at least 12 years, and has offered poor value, often shoddy parts, and (I've heard) consistently bad service during the entire period I've had contact with them. They make up for it by heavy direct mail advertising. I would not consider them, personally. Emachines offer surprisingly good value in my experience. Early on they had a rep for using cheap parts, but when I've checked out more recent models in the last few years, I have found them to be choosing very similar components to what I would use to build an inexpensive but reliable desktop system. Alienware is a build-to-order company that caters especially to gamers (high-speed oriented) but has lower-end systems too. They have a pretty good rep for quality, but I doubt they'll have any idea what works with BSD. If you want a built-to-order system that is verified to work with *BSD operating systems, allow me to recommend ASA Computers. I've bought server hardware from them off and on for the last 10 years; they cater to BSD and Linux users especially, are very value-oriented, and have great service. They do have desktop/workstation offerings as well as servers. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect "I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide..." -- 'Whip-Smart', Liz Phair