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Educational Vendors.

UofT Computer Shop. Sales and Service. This is my first choice for Apple hardware, and any software I can't get from UofT Software Licensing. The Bookstore's educational pricing offers deep discounts on most commercial products, usually beating all other players, including mighty MacWarehouse. Software inventory is usually good but demand is high, so save yourself some aggravation and call first. Best price in the city for individual zip disks. I've had very good experience with the Service/Repair Center. Student ID required for Educational pricing. Consult the UofT online store (requires cookies).

UofT Software Licensing. Deep discounts on special licenses for UofT faculty, staff and students. Excellent choice for the big ticket software items (like office suites, etc.). Student ID required. Downside: No manuals, and sometimes no tech support from vendor. Read the fine print before you buy!

UofT Computing Networking Services Micromaintenance Group. Sales and service. Available to UofT faculty, staff and grad students only. Anatole is the Mac man. Friendly, knowledgeable and competitively priced depot and on-site service. The best kept secret on campus. Leave a message if they're out.


Catalogue Retailers.

MacWarehouse Canada 1-800-268-7805. The biggest and most powerful Canadian catalog retailer. Macwarehouse's market muscle will usually outprice everyone but the Educational vendors. Retail showroom and service center at 651 Queen Street East, (416) 466 8289. Unadvertised deals sometimes available at the Queen Street shop.


Local Vendors.

Carbon Computing Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Competitive pricing.

Computer Systems Centre. In my experience: Rude. Expensive. Lots of EM interference for your viewing pleasure. 275 College Street (416) 927-1921. 1 block from UofT Bookstore. Online calalogue (requires cookies and Java).

CPused Great place. New and used Macs and Mac peripherals. Certified service center. Competitive prices with daily price list on the website. Very good reputation. They also run a non-Mac shop.

Mediascape Competitive prices on CD Rom games, if you like that sort of thing.

Here's some other local vendors. I've had no experience with any of these yet, but it always pays to shop around.Mostly Mac, Simply Macs.


Safety and Security.

CIAC Advisory service to US govt. and general public.
SARC Symantec AntiVirus.
SANS System Administration Networking and Security.


Technical Assistance.

Software Updates
Technical Info Library


Download.

Info-Mac Hyperarchive Root Enormous independent repository of shareware and freeware. Not rated.
MacDownload.com Excellent collection presented by ZDNet. Searchable, rated.
Tucows All-Mac Famous independent repository. Searchable, rated Weekly TopPicks, Showcase. Other OSs


Reviews.

MacBuy.com Searchable repository of all MacWorld's product reviews. Very useful. Start with the Editor's Awards.
MacReviewZone Meta-search of online reviews in MacAddict, MacHome, MacWeek and MacWorld.