Author: gerold daniels
Date: 09:54:42 06/02/05
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On June 02, 2005 at 09:03:38, stuart taylor wrote: >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 i meant os . what do you have xp windows or what.
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