Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 12:08:54 02/22/03
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On February 22, 2003 at 11:41:12, Charles Worthington wrote: > I have no doubt that they can be built cheaper than Dell builds them. But i >have three hour same-day service if it breaks :-) That _is_ a good thing. Good service can be worth paying for if you need it. It still does not change the quality of the product to begin with. >And You can not build them >faster than the current high end processors will allow. whether it is built by >dell or by me a 3.06 is a 3.06. That is simply not true. Different components have different performance characteristics. Also, stability and responsivity of the system can vary widely. My old home built Celeron 300A felt way faster than some 600 MHz Compaqs I've worked with. Of course in raw calculating speed, the 600 MHz was faster. But the same goes for two 3.06Ghz machines. One can feel much slower than the other, and one can actually be slower than the other for computer chess. Properties besides speed are important too. Noise, heat, lifetime, stability etc. Why buy a machine that is slower, noisier, generates more heat and breaks down quicker and crashes more often and costs way more, just to get some service I would never need in the first place if the quality was good? None of my own computers have ever breaked down, and they get used a lot. I just sell them when it's time for an upgrade. /David
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