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In article <loquismo-2907952246200001@dial-sf1-23.iway.aimnet.com> loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) writes:
>Question: have you tried places like Fry's? (JPL is in Silicon Valley,
>isn't it?)
  
    Jet Propulsion Labs in Silly Valley?  Has there been a major
    (as in several hundred miles) shift of the San Andreas recently?

    As far as Frys, you must be from somewhere else in the universe
    to even mention the name.


>Fry's doesn't seem to be too bad-I have a Mac so I haven't had
>any experience with them, but I figure that if so many Silicon Valley
>professionals trust them (especially the one in Sunnyvale) then they can't
>be all that bad. 
  
    "Professionals" trust them?   You ARE from another universe.

>That said, you SHOULD watch out for these mom-and-pop
>computer places that have sprung up all over the place-chances are good
>they have no clue what they're doing. 

    I dunno what planet you live on, and how little time you spend in
    Silicon Valley, but I personally know one mom-and-pop shop where
    the major talent has a Masters Degree and a bit over 10 years
    as a design engineer at IBM on the PC.  Another one is an ex
    design engineer for a major add-on board corporation that decided
    to open a couple of small stores.  I'd almost go so far as to
    say that you have it backwards...some of the small PC shops in
    silicon valley have folks with the talent to redesign the !@#$
    things on the spot for you--as opposed to the entry level techs
    and cookbook approaches in vogue at many of the larger chains.

o