doug, go wikipedia ssl. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com email: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Lee" <applegoddess@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: Re: ot: the best online computer parts store? > On 9/12/07, Doug Smith <dougsmith1 at charter.net> wrote: >> do not shop on line, and I don't recommend it to anyone. > > Doug - shopping online is perfectly fine. I have a Fry's nearby me, > and that's the only retailer that has more than like, 3 motherboards > (if at all) available, and even then their selection isn't that great > compared to what I can find online. That's just the selection, > nevermind the pricing. Plus ordering online is cheaper, even with > shipping factored in (and you don't count the gas it takes to drive to > a place that might have what you want). > > On 9/12/07, Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net> wrote: >> What I prefer, and what I wish newegg did for its customers who cannot >> shop online is to choose what I desire, and order over the phone. > > Karen - newegg doesn't even do email orders, unfortunately. They > never have..it's all online. There's certainly a phone number to call > for support though, maybe you can go yell at them, smile. > > On 9/12/07, Gregory Nowak <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> wrote: >> He claims that outletpc has no sli mb's, nor for that >> matter, mb's with features that advanced pc users would want, and >> expect to have on an mb. > > Yeah, I noted that too. And even if there were, it was difficult to > find because it wasn't organized well, nor do they have the same tools > newegg gives you to narrow down the selection. Plus they don't have > DFI motherboards, and those are my absolute favorite. > > On 9/12/07, Lorenzo Taylor <daxlinux at gmail.com> wrote: >> I actually used newegg with lynx, but that was several years ago. I >> sincerely hope that they haven't changed things so much that this has >> become impossible now. > > Newegg actually did a complete overhaul of their site like, a year ago > or so. It's a lot messier now. I'm sighted, but even I have a hard > time trying to navigate the pages sometimes because the menus are > mucked up CSS...and the pages take forever to load because there's so > much cruft. Nevermind that my primary browser is Safari for Mac, and > when the new site was in beta some things just absolutely didn't work > at all in that browser. > > On 9/12/07, Gregory Nowak <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> wrote: >> There is also frys electronics: >> which is a chain of stores in the western U.S., though I believe they >> have the most locations in Arizona, as opposed to other states. > > Fry's isn't bad, but I think they have the largest number of stores in > California, not Arizona...their salespeople are awful and sort of > sexist (I haven't had good experiences with asking them to find a > product I couldn't find..ends up with "are you sure you want that? is > that compatible with what you're doing?" every other minute..what, do > women not shop for hard drives and motherboards?!) but their selection > in-store is passable and definitely better than retailers like circuit > city or best buy. But I digress...five or six years ago, I built a > computer all out of parts from Fry's. Worked great. It's being used > as a headless server now. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
