[plug][OT] Who's a Good Hardware Supplier in Perth?

Ari Finander outrider at operamail.com
Mon Sep 5 21:44:06 WST 2005


----- Original Message -----
From: "Caleb Duggan" <caleb.duggan at gmail.com>
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug][OT] Who's a Good Hardware Supplier in Perth?
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:26:02 +0800

> 
> I've found Evolution Xtreme to be pretty good

These guys use the ACROD bay near their business (and other businesses) as a loading bay and then if you're disabled and complain, they get agro at you and tell you 'you're not diasbled enough to use that bay'. They're scum.

> 
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:56:00 +0800, Shannon Carver  
> <Shannon.Carver at P-S-T.COM.AU> wrote:
> 
> > Yea I guess it depends on wether you want to get it all from the one
> > shop or not.  As stated before you could:
> >
> > - visit a site like staticice, and buy from shops all around the
> > Metropolitan area for the best price on each component (Very annoying,
> > impractical if used in a corporate environment)
> >
> > - Buy an all in one server from a supplier like Dell, HP, IBM, etc etc.
> > (Expensive, but guaranteed of quality/warranty, support)
> >
> > - Buy the parts you want from the one distributor or wholesaler (heaps
> > of options round perth, Netplus, DMA, EdSys just to mention a few)
> >
> > All three options, nowadays should get you just the hardware without the
> > need to buy the software on top.  As far as I can see it, the days of
> > forced OS purchases with machines are all but over.  This is especially
> > apparent with laptops now shipping without Windows, and coming either
> > barebones or with a linux flavour (think HP Laptops with SuSE)
> >
> > Shannon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> > Behalf Of Jo!
> > Sent: Monday, 5 September 2005 4:46 PM
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: RE: [plug][OT] Who's a Good Hardware Supplier in Perth?
> >
> > Hi... Try the following:
> >
> > OmniVision
> > NetPlus
> > Trenstech
> >
> > Used them before.. Quite good.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> > Behalf
> > Of James L. Clarke
> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 4:23 PM
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: [plug][OT] Who's a Good Hardware Supplier in Perth?
> >
> > I want to purchase some Hardware specifically to use for a Linux server
> >
> > I don't need a Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Sound Card, Modem, OS
> > installed,
> > software, etc
> >
> > I do need 2 x network connections, 2 x 300Gb HD, 1Gb RAM, 64Bit CPU
> > (Intel
> > or
> > AMD) and matching mother board, DVD-Rom. I can build Hardware myself I
> > would
> > rather not, but I do want to install and configure the OS (64 Bit
> > Debian)
> > myself.
> >
> > Can any one recommend a good hardware supplier, who uses quality
> > components,
> > who can built to an exact spec, and who has no probs in supplying
> > hardware
> > without any software installed.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > James
> >
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