Comments on: Malaysian PC Fairs Are Not For Techies

By: Anas Alam Faizli

Anas Alam Faizli — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:47:18 +0000

I mean, I bought the Dell laptop ONLINE

By: Anas Alam Faizli

Anas Alam Faizli — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:39:03 +0000

What to do. I got myself a Maxis Broadband which is not even 3.6MBps at my home which is boasted to have 3G connection. Slow and always fail me during rain.

You should write about this bro

And I bought a new Dell laptop which is apparently cheaper than the one they have at PC Fair, must have been because of the 3rd party hand.

By: Nabil

Nabil — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:11:00 +0000

haha..it’s true then ^_^
Your rebonding entry sort of gave it away coz I remembered your lion-like hair ^_^

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:10:44 +0000

Hello Nabil. If your dad has a street named after him, then I most likely am

By: Nabil

Nabil — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:12:51 +0000

Hello…i’m just wondering, are you my ex classmate from class of 93-94?

By: Dabido

Dabido — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:46:16 +0000

I know is Aussie there are PC fairs for the public and there are other ones which are targeted at IT Professionals who do the ‘buying’ for their organisations. [I used to get into those back in Sydney]. Only the ones aimed at getting corporations into buying stuff seemed to have bargains, and I’d say half of them were slightly dubious as well. [Though I do enjoy some of the Linux stands, as they DO give away freeware for free sometimes ... and other times they ask for $5 for the CD full of freeware] lol

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:22:52 +0000

n305er: Well, if getting people into the IT world is the objective of PC Fair, then what events are targeted at those who are already in?

NoktahHitam: An Internet Savvy Conference? Now that’s an idea

Azlan: “Cluttered” describes the joints at Landmark IT Mall pretty well

willchua: I usually use online resources to compare prices. I haven’t actually bought any hardware online.

Thanks for your comments everyone. I appreciate them very much!

By: willchua

willchua — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:44:02 +0000

Same thing in Kuching. You can buy laptop, mouse, keyboard, thumb drive, etc for a bargain price. but if u wanna hunt for stuff like processor or motherboard, it kinda hard. I would normally hunt in lowyat forum.

By: Azlan

Azlan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:24:55 +0000

Yeah, prices are same as retail. When asked why, they just say they need to cover the costs of setting up the booth, rent etc. at the pc fair. It also helps that most buyers haven’t a clue that the prices are just about the same as retail. My tip, always find a computer hardware store that looks really cluttered. Chances are, they’re run by geeks, and better chances for you to find the stuff you want and get a good deal while at it!

By: NoktahHitam

NoktahHitam — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:54:31 +0000

PC fair is the best place to buy laptops or PC. They give you cheapo mp3s, thumb drive, free laptop bag etc.

PC fair should emphasis on technologies and latest innovations of the PC world. Not primarily selling stuff.

I would really love to see an Internet Savvy Conference one day in Malaysia.