Author: stuart taylor
Date: 06:03:38 06/02/05
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On June 02, 2005 at 07:29:26, gerold daniels wrote: >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. Not many programs yet. No, it seems they do NOT make note book computers, but when he recomended Intel instead of HP (which had a 915 motherboard), I think I was mislead. I didn't see it first, because I was trying to get the specifications I wanted, through a local dealer, and he then ordered it, made up to those specs. S.Taylor
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