[NTLUG:Discuss] 75% Off Bookstore

[Stephen Davidson]

Greetings.

The CompUSA folk seem to be up on which of their products will work 
under Linux.  If they do not know, they will know which of their techs 
(and usually there is at least one, at least in my experience) will know 
what should be tried.  For my laptop, they would actually allow me to 
try the product out in the store before I purchased, just to ensure 
compatibility.  (Did not always work, like when Linksys changed their 
wireless chipset and did not tell anybody, or change the Model Number on 
their boxes!)  Which nicely allowed my to sidestep a few nasty issues.

The parts that really surprised me though was when the Generic CompUSA 
stuff actually worked better than the name brand on my Linux Laptop.

Regards,
Steve

lonny.dahl at verizon.com wrote:

>
>
>Wow, you actually bought something Linux as CompUSA??  I thought they had
>their heads so far up Billy boys butt that they wouldn't allow anything
>Linux there.  I gave up on CompUSA a long time ago as they had hardly any
>books on Linux and little software related to it.  I started using
>MicroCenter which seemed to have more Linux related stuff.  Has there been
>a change at CompUSA?
>
>L. Wayne Dahl
>Fiber Network Technician
>FTTP Fiber Solutions Center
>
>
>  
>


-- 
Java/J2EE Developer/Integrator
Chair, Dallas/FortWorth J2EE Sig
214-724-7741