Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
clueless in regards to computers.

Thanks!

M

Have you looked in the yellow pages?

"M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...
: Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
: friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
: clueless in regards to computers.
:
: Thanks!
:
: M

Spam.
Just imagine how this newsgroup would be ruined if every Tom, Dick and Harry
posted questions and answers about good or bad suppliers. This is a
technical forum, not a trading post.

"M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...

> Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
> friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
> clueless in regards to computers.

Consider instead: why does your friend want a computer, i.e.
what does he want to do? (Answers could range from his own
income tax to genealogy on line to pirating classical music.)
Most beginners' needs can be fully supplied by an obsolete XP
system, such as is commonly available second-hand at $100-150.
(Beginners also need a reference book. I recommend the Dummies
series and manuals published by Que.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Don Phillipson wrote:
> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
>> friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
>> clueless in regards to computers.
>
> Consider instead: why does your friend want a computer, i.e.
> what does he want to do? (Answers could range from his own
> income tax to genealogy on line to pirating classical music.)
> Most beginners' needs can be fully supplied by an obsolete XP
> system, such as is commonly available second-hand at $100-150.
> (Beginners also need a reference book. I recommend the Dummies
> series and manuals published by Que.)

He wants a new system, not a used one. Looking at the Yellow pages as
one poster suggested may bring a good shop or a rip off shop so that's
no good. I guess this is the wrong place to ask such questions.

M

He can go on line to one of the manufacturers and have one built to his
specs.

"M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6k2j5$8db$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don Phillipson wrote:
>> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
>>> friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
>>> clueless in regards to computers.
>>
>> Consider instead: why does your friend want a computer, i.e.
>> what does he want to do? (Answers could range from his own
>> income tax to genealogy on line to pirating classical music.)
>> Most beginners' needs can be fully supplied by an obsolete XP
>> system, such as is commonly available second-hand at $100-150.
>> (Beginners also need a reference book. I recommend the Dummies
>> series and manuals published by Que.)
>
> He wants a new system, not a used one. Looking at the Yellow pages as one
> poster suggested may bring a good shop or a rip off shop so that's no
> good. I guess this is the wrong place to ask such questions.
>
> M

M wrote:
> Don Phillipson wrote:
>> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
>>> friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
>>> clueless in regards to computers.
>>
>> Consider instead: why does your friend want a computer, i.e.
>> what does he want to do? (Answers could range from his own
>> income tax to genealogy on line to pirating classical music.)
>> Most beginners' needs can be fully supplied by an obsolete XP
>> system, such as is commonly available second-hand at $100-150.
>> (Beginners also need a reference book. I recommend the Dummies
>> series and manuals published by Que.)
>
> He wants a new system, not a used one. Looking at the Yellow pages as
> one poster suggested may bring a good shop or a rip off shop so that's
> no good. I guess this is the wrong place to ask such questions.
>
> M

How about Dell or Gateway or search Circuit City Online. They have killer deals.

Now I need to find a good shop where I can get my tires rotated.

>Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
>friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
>clueless in regards to computers.

Nova Computers on Harlem near Foster.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

Unknown wrote:
> He can go on line to one of the manufacturers and have one built to his
> specs.
>

Somewhere like Dell or Gateway? LOL!


> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6k2j5$8db$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Don Phillipson wrote:
>>> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
>>>> friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
>>>> clueless in regards to computers.
>>> Consider instead: why does your friend want a computer, i.e.
>>> what does he want to do? (Answers could range from his own
>>> income tax to genealogy on line to pirating classical music.)
>>> Most beginners' needs can be fully supplied by an obsolete XP
>>> system, such as is commonly available second-hand at $100-150.
>>> (Beginners also need a reference book. I recommend the Dummies
>>> series and manuals published by Que.)
>> He wants a new system, not a used one. Looking at the Yellow pages as one
>> poster suggested may bring a good shop or a rip off shop so that's no
>> good. I guess this is the wrong place to ask such questions.
>>
>> M
>
>

M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Don Phillipson wrote:
>> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h6js1q$dl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> Does anyone know of a good, reputable and small computer shop where a
>>> friend of mine could get a white desktop box made for him? He is pretty
>>> clueless in regards to computers.
>>
>> Consider instead: why does your friend want a computer, i.e.
>> what does he want to do? (Answers could range from his own
>> income tax to genealogy on line to pirating classical music.)
>> Most beginners' needs can be fully supplied by an obsolete XP
>> system, such as is commonly available second-hand at $100-150.
>> (Beginners also need a reference book. I recommend the Dummies
>> series and manuals published by Que.)
>
>He wants a new system, not a used one. Looking at the Yellow pages as
>one poster suggested may bring a good shop or a rip off shop so that's
>no good. I guess this is the wrong place to ask such questions.

Buying a computer from a small shop seems like a good idea, but you'll
likely spend more than you would if you bought from a major player.

In Chicago, try Micro Center. There is one in the city, and one in
the western Suburbs.

Everything from refurbished basic units to top-of-the-line new.