EXHIBIT 23.1



                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Manchester Technologies, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-71255)  on Form S-8 of  Manchester  Technologies,  Inc. of our report  dated
September 25, 2002,  relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Manchester
Technologies,  Inc.  and  subsidiaries  as of July 31,  2002 and  2001,  and the
related consolidated  statements of income,  shareholders' equity and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 31, 2002, which report
appears  in the  July  31,  2002  annual  report  on  Form  10-K  of  Manchester
Technologies, Inc.

                                                     /S/  KPMG LLP

Melville, New York
October 25, 2002