First!

The Michelle Malkin thing is funny, yo.

i don't have lines between emails in outlook. ?

My computer advice:

Simple: Get a mac!

http://www.tigerdirect.com

Outlook:

Right-click on one of the column names ("Subject"), scroll down to "Customize Current View".

Click "Other Settings". The "Grid Lines Style" drop down list is what you're looking for.

cool, thanks, steve.

How many people have sent out that email to the UN?
Really something to look into.

I was going to say tigerdirect, but someone beat me to it. Good call.

A Mac, Gizmo? Are you kidd...(bites toungue).

Never mind. I don't want to start a PC vs. Mac war.

Anyway, Newegg.com is a good place to go for computer stuff. I would also suggest checking out Pricewatch.com and Pricegrabber.com.

But if you lived here in the western US, I would suggest going to Fry's Electronics. To imagine what Fry's is like, take your neighborhood Best Buy, triple the selection, and lower the prices. Well, maybe double the selection. They do have an online store though, at Outpost.com.

But to condense my post, I would say go to Pricegrabber. They take the prices of hundreds of web stores (including tigerdirect) and show you the lowest price, factoring in shipping and tax.

It looks like everyone has pretty much covered all of the barebone bases as for websites. I used newegg exclusively to build my computer and saved an estimated $750-$1000. If you know what you're doing, building from scratch could be preferable to a barebones, simply because that way you have total control over what components go into it. While barebones can be a little easier to start with, you're limited on your choices as far as the case/mobo/power supply (I personally don't like most bb cases). As a friendly word of advice, get an Antec 400w ps minimum. Best brand + decent power.

p.s. If you want my parts list as an example, just let me know.

blackbird, i went to fry's for the first time ever this weekend. it scared me. it was loud and confusing; how about some navigation signs so i don't have to go through car parts to get to digital camera memory?

ugh, I hate Fry's and here's a nice (fake, but "true") article on part of the problem.

http://www.despair.com/demotivators/fryselor50ap.html

Dude, newegg.com is where it's at. I got my motherboard and will be getting a new harddrive there

Wow, I'm surprised you had a problem with Fry's... They've always been great to me. I've had to return several processors that I damaged one way or another. They exchanged 'em no questions asked, I was in and out in 5 minutes. Plus they have great sale prices. So yeah, either outpost.com or pricegrabber, as blackbird has said

Well, I guess mileage may vary with Fry's stores, but I know that the two that I've been to in City of Industry and Anaheim (both So. CA) were both well organized, courteous, and efficient.

And as for their customer service, I really wouldn't know, since I've only called once when I screwed up an overclocking job on a motherboard.

"Fry’s legendary indifference to customer service, although occasionally drawing criticism and media scrutiny, has only led to increased loyalty amongst their customer base and continued explosive growth. Analysts theorize that Fry’s customer base, heavily skewed towards poorly socialized, pure geek demographics, may actually derive some erotic gratification from the masochistic purchasing experience."

I like geeks okay, but i'm not enough of one to put up with no help in the store. makes the "I'm a stupid, cute girl please help me!" (bats eyelashes) shopping strategy hard to use. ^_^

Gizmo is a communist hippie.

Frank - go to Mwave or NewEgg.

I'd recommend you get a socket 939 Athlon 64.

Pricewatch.com

If you still have your operating system disks you can get a complete basic system for under $300.

So whatever happened to stealing Jonah Goldberg's job? Couldn't take the competition?

www.tcwo.com they won't rip you off like tigerdirect

Gizmo, as a reason I won't buy a Mac, check out http://www.redvsblue.com/appleswitch.shtml

http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=SYS

Thanks for the link

and I second www.pricewatch.com. You can't beat it for comparing prices.

I would suggest CompUSA. You can pick whatever you want.

Well, being the guy you are, what you need to do Frank is build yourself one of these systems. You will be the coolest kid on the block!

http://members.home.nl/gis/

Go to Dell outlet and sort by price. Refresh every 10 minutes or so and you can get a complete P4 system with OS for around $300.

http://outlet.us.dell.com/Dispatcher?target=InventoryPage&action=filter&lob=DIM&model_search_and_display=ALL&tgtSeg=I&srcType=xml&srcDetail=offer

COOL kid on the block...not to be confused with NEW kid on the block, in which case, we would have to beat the hell out of you.
...you got the right stuff, baby...brrrfff...excuse me.

www.newegg.com

Newegg is about the best (and cheapest) computer place I've found.

I recommend Newegg as well. Most of the parts in my computer came from them (in fact, a new vid card and stick of memory will be arriving today!) They've got a number of barebones systems under $300.

I would also recommend, if you have the time and inclincation, to get the parts separately, and assemble them yourself. My experience with barebones systems (and this may have changed some since I last dealt with them) is that they tend to skimp on the case, power supply, and memory quality.

Bits Computers on New Haven

www.monarchcomputer.com

Yeah... newegg is the best.

Also, you may just want to consider buying a motherboard and processor, and just reusing all of the other pieces.

I upgraded an 800 Mhz PIII with 128 MB of RAM a while back to an Athlon 2500XP+ with a really fast motherboard and 512 MB of PC3200 DDR RAM for under $250. Keeping all of the reusable parts can save you a ton of money.

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