Re: [tlug] Used Shops - (After Otto)

[Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com>]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Mattia Dongili <malattia@example.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 04:25:20PM +0900, Lyle H Saxon wrote:
>> The former Otto used computer shop in Akihabara....

> Otto still have a shop in Akihabara: http://www.ottoserver.com/
> they sell servers and workstations mainly, otherwise the online shop
> is still open: http://www.ottonet.co.jp/

Thanks!  I had almost completely positive experiences dealing with
them, so this is definitely worth looking into.  //  I just checked
out the server site, noted the address, and then tried Google Maps
(Hm... between Kanda and Akihabara...) but then I tried Street View,
and it dropped me into an alley!  I'll have to do a *personal* street
view I think!

Ah.... I just went to the "Otto Direct" site, and it's shocking and
depressing.  I found some desktop boxes and started to get excited...
and then I looked at the prices.  (!!)  Ouch!  "Why so expensive?...."
I thought, and then I noticed that they all come bundled with a
certain kind of software that I'm not a big fan off.  D***!!!  At
those prices, it's better to build your own.  The problem with that
being that when you need to use a box in limited space,
designed-as-a-unit boxes are nearly always more compact.

Otto - if you're listening.  You just lost me as a customer - unless
you can offer some of those boxes bundled with my OS of choice...

Lyle