That'd be www.pricespy.co.nz ;-) Just be careful with SuperCheapPC, there are a lot of mixed results with people shopping there: http://pressf1.co.nz/showthread.php?t=75147 Ive had a dealers account with Qmb for about 4 years now, never had a problem :) As for LUG Activity, the AuckLUG should be back again in either the first monday of Jan or the first monday of Feb... > I would go to www.pricespy.com, and they usually send you to > www.supercheappc.biz. They're the cheapest, but I've had no problems with > anything I've bought... > > -----Original Message----- > From: aucklug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:aucklug-bounces at linux.net.nz] > On > Behalf Of Mark Foster > Sent: Monday, 25 December 2006 22:26 > To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list > Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] LUG activity? > > > > On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Vincente Aggrippino wrote: > >> Hello everyone. Merry Christmas!! :) >> >> I'm new in the area. I just arrived in Auckland on December 16th and >> I'm planning on staying here permanently. I'm American and I'm hoping >> to be active in the Linux Users' Group and Open Source Software >> community > here. >> >> I've checked out the pages at linux.net.nz, but I discovered that >> there hasn't been any activity since early November :( Has this just >> been a break in the action during the holiday season? >> >> I brought most of my computer in my suitcase. Now I'm looking for a >> good place to buy the things I need to turn it back into a complete >> computer. I need a decent case, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. >> Can anyone suggest a good place to shop? >> > > Hey Vince, welcome to NZ. > Yep - most of the LUGs go fairly dormant after end of November and things > wake up again after the New Year, typically mid-Jan-ish. > > In terms of suitable hardware, part of it may be influenced by where in > Auckland you're based. Theres a number of likely suppliers, esp as you're > building up a system based on components instead of buying an entire > system. > > OEM Computers in Manukau are pretty good (or were) if you're in the South. > PB Technologies are in Penrose (further north, about halfway to the > Central > City) and always treated me pretty well. > > I'm sure others on here will have suggestions. > > Again welcome to NZ... > > Regards > Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > AuckLUG mailing list > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.27/602 - Release Date: > 12/25/2006 > 10:19 a.m. > > > _______________________________________________ > AuckLUG mailing list > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >
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