Author: gerold daniels
Date: 04:29:26 06/02/05
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On June 02, 2005 at 06:53:30, stuart taylor wrote: >I was in for a shock, when I couldn't find the word Intel written on my new >notebook computer, and not only that, but I didn't even see it written on, or in >the first page of the instruction manual. I didn't see ANY name (until I found >Macrovision written somewhere), and what I DID see was "made in China"! >Sounds encouraging! (lol) > >But I'm a bit upset with my dealer, shouldn't I be? I'm sure he didn't mean it, >but he wasn't being very careful and exacting. When I was asking him about IBM >and HP notebook computers, and that I wanted a few things inside, such 915gm >chipset etc etc., he said there's another company which hs a more flexible >computer, called "Intel". [and because of that, I was able to specify 7200 RPM, >1.86 Ghz, and one or two other little details]. > >I also asked at one point if this is the same intel as the major computer >company, and he said YES! of COURSE! > >But now when I asked him where is Intel mentioned, are they so ashamed of this >notebook that they don't openly say their name? he said, "it's an Intel >motherboard and chipset". > >I said, but that can ANYWAY only be Intel or AMD (besides other completely >different things, like Makintosh), and he said, all the companies make their own >motherboards, and this is, as he said, Intel. > >Is this OK? I think the HP I was looking at previously, and had asked him about >ALSO has an Intel motherboard. > >So shouldn't I be upset with him? > >S.Taylor good morning Taylor. i don,t think intel makes a computer.they make processer. did you buy a computer without seeing it first. what program does your new computer have on it. gerold.
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