BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 13, 2000 ISSUE
TECH BUYING GUIDE

How to Hook Up with a Nerd


SERVICE/
WEB ADDRESS     PRICES             SERVICES            THE SKINNY

ALL.COM         $19.95/computer/   Library of 1,000+   Rapid but some-
                month, with        tutorials, 24-      times flawed re-
                2-week free        hour live tech      sponse to hardware
                trial              chat, remote        and software
                                   diagnostics         problems, and
www.all.com                                            Mac users are out
                                                       of luck


EXP.COM         2 cents to $2/     E-mail and phone    Hit-or-miss, with
                minute, nego-      support from        many specific cat-
                tiable, most       self-styled         egories but few
                around 75 cents    experts, free       verifiable creden-
www.exp.com                        discussion groups   tials


EXPERTCITY.COM  Negotiable. Users  Real-time chat      Desktop streaming
                request bids and   with freelance      tool can help pin-
                offers come back   experts, who can    point problems,
                in minutes         remotely take over  but novelty wears
                                   users' computers    off fast with
www.expertcity.com                                     wrong "expert"



PCSUPPORT.COM   $36.50/year, with  24-hour tech chat,  Best bang for the
                2-week free trial  4-hour response     buck, with fast
                                   to email, free      response time,
                                   library and         deep and useful
www.pcsupport.com                  software tools      knowledge base


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