Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:47:24 02/24/03
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On February 24, 2003 at 22:50:53, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On February 24, 2003 at 20:34:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 24, 2003 at 18:24:59, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >> > >[snip] > >>>Computers built by major vendors (Dell, HP, Gateway, etc.) are by no means >>>'better' than a home-built computer. In fact, they're often worse. However, if >>>I were buying more than just a few computers, I would probably buy them from >>>Dell. >> >> >>I don't believe they are "worse". A large company is not going to buy and sell >>poor >>quality components. Because that increases the call-backs and support without >>making >>any money. > >Come on... Why are so many computers equipped with winmodems and other similar >crap? Because they are cheap and the average user does not notice it. > >Miguel There is a definite difference between "cheap" and "inexpensive". I have a machine with a "winmodem" although us linux folks call 'em "linmodems". :) Works just fine, and even has some advantages over a pure hardware modem. And reliability is not an issue so far... However, you can hand-assemble cheapo parts, or you can order machines that are based on cheapo parts. You can also hand-build or order machines based on "good stuff" too. My dual xeon is a clear example of that. In fact, when I ordered that machine you could not buy a 2.8ghz xeon. You could order them but none were available. I tried as we had another machine that could use a second 2.8 xeon. Got the second cpu from Dell. The mail-order sites all said "not in stock" when I called.
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