ot: the best online computer parts store?

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:30:38AM -0500, John Heim wrote:
> Maybe you could wear latex gloves when applying the glue.

Hmmm, you know, maybe not a bad idea, haven't thought of that. The
only down-side to wearing gloves is that you lose some sensitivity in
terms of feel, but it could probably still be done. Anyway, blindness
isn't my only disability, so even if I was able to apply the compound
myself, I don't have the finger strength and coordination required to
lock the heat sink into place, so I'd still need someone else to do
that for me. In that case, might as well have them apply the compound
too.

> You could buy a bare bones computer 
> for about the same price that you can buy the parts seperately.

The problem with bear bones systems is that the bear bones parts can
be proprietary. I got an amtron bookpc in around 2000, June I believe
it was. The mb burned out, and I had to wait about 9 months for them
to get me a new one under warranty, since no other motherboards would
match that particular bear bones design. When the second mb went, I
just gave up on that system, and built one from scratch, that is a
regular system in a regular tower case.

Greg


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