where can i buy a cheap and Awesome computer? :)
 

been looking over the dell outlet and slickdeals...

comps are cheap these days and im thinking about replacing my p4 :)

any suggestions?

if u buy anything other than a mac ur making a mistake

tigerdirect

yup my last 4 pcs and current laptop I bought at tiger direct and love that place :thumbsup

i like http://www.newegg.com/

for used stuff, i always hit ebay or Craigslist

I like HP personally
dealnews has good deals on them all the time

Toshiba laptops are great. I love mine.

Consumer reports ranks the best laptop manufacturers as being Apple, IBM & Toshiba.

i was gonna say tigerdirect also, they always have deals,

I got a Dell for $419 and it included a free 22" flat panel.

cheap and awesome just don't go well together!

Build your own from parts !

Then have it not work properly!

Then tell GFY about it...

Rinse and repeat !

Dell is alright but I wouldn't call them "awesome" and if you don't want to build it yourself... Find a local computer store, tell them the parts you want inside it. Head over to any tech forum and they will probably help you with what would work best for you. I would take their advice over any local computer store if I didn't know what I was buying. Take the list to the local store and there ya go. I'd also ask them to put in a retail boxed HDD not OEM.

You may find a place that will let you pick all the parts so you can just order it. Problem is though HDD are fragile and should only be shipped in the retail box, I would never ship one already inside a PC.

And newegg sucks for hard drives, they only have OEM I believe. That means it's not packaged correctly and there's a good chance it will have bad sectors or just not work. It's strange manufacturers keep selling to sites like newegg when they are reshipping them wrong.

My friend supplies Tiger Direct. He finaly set up his own retail site. (prices are general, if you need something, I can get you nice discounts over whats listed (depending on item)

www.NerdArea.com

When I need a deal I usually hit Ubid for a refurb Dell or HP. Running an Alienware as my main system, but they aren't cheap. About to start my first custom build on an Intel i7

never forget:
an apple a day keeps the dotor away
works also with a mc mini