[nylug-talk] Computer Store Recommendations

[jh]

Tim Milstead wrote:
>  I have a 
> suspicion I will be asked to build a desktop and buy a laptop while I am 
> visiting your neck of the woods.
> I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good computer store with a 
> wide range of laptops and computer components?
> I will be working in SoHo and staying somewhere on Long Island.
> 
Generally speaking, you're going to find the best prices and 
availability online. Newegg (www.newegg.com) is notable as they have 
shipping locations all over the east coast; you can definitely get stuff 
quickly from them. You won't find anything "funky" in the stores - no 
really cool cases, no good raid controllers, no notebooks that aren't 
Lenovo/Toshiba/Acer/HP mainstream, nothing even remotely exotic.

That being said:

Parts:

http://www.datavis.com - not the best selection, but they have cases, 
motherboards, pretty much everything that you need to build a PC, and 
they have some "weird stuff", too.  Terrible return policy, but that's 
for pretty much everyone outside of online.

Don't buy the notebook here :)

Parts and Notebooks:

http://www.jandr.com - haven't bought parts from them, but they seem to 
have a fairly huge selection (you can check it out online - not sure if 
they have in-store pickup, they might). They also do notebooks, and 
their prices aren't bad (not as good as online, save for the occasional 
special).

Avoid: CompUSA!! At all costs!!! I find buying anything there to be 
expensive, frustrating, time consuming. My $.02.

If you do a search on the NYLUG archive, you'll find a lot more 
suggestions, I'm certain. Good luck.

jh