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    Quote Originally Posted by MutantJohn View Post
    Ooh, have you ever been to a Fry's Electronics store? They're amazing. Literally everything you could ever need all in one place
    I don't know that particular chain. But experience has taught me over the years to distrust retailers as a matter of principle. What you see in the store is all good and fine. Some go to great lengths and huge sums of money to present customers with an attractive environment where they feel they are in consumer heaven. But the horror stories about retailers are never before or during, but after.

    Their return and refund policies and if they actually stick to them, along with how much time you have to wait for a replacement are among the usual problems with these stores. I rather go to a local (or distant) small garage shop ran by computer fans, than stick my head inside those retail stores.
    Last edited by Mario F.; 02-16-2015 at 10:34 AM.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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