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From: joel@rac3.wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: If you were to assemble a new machine...
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 01:05:21 GMT
Organization: Excelsior Computer Services
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Message-ID: <1994Jan15.010521.11619@excaliber.uucp>
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>> 4) Would I be better off assembling a machine by hand, i.e.
>> buying motherboard, power supply, case, etc. from
>> mail order vendors from out of PC Shopper?
>
>Probably.. Alot of times the mail order vendors throw in cheap equipment
>(Mitsumi floppy drives instead of Teac, one piece motherboards (Ie:
>Come with IDE, Video, etc all on the motherboard), etc) in order to get
>their prices down. At the very least, I feel better because I know
>what I have bought and that I have the best possible system for the
>funds available.
OTOH, if you purchase your machine from a well-known vendor (Dell,
etc.) you'll get an on-site warrenty. For my money, that's worth
every penny they charge. (When lightning blew out my machine two years
ago, when I was working at a summer camp in upstate NY, Dell overnight
mailed a new motherboard, and sent a technician the very next day.
Very nice indeed.)
-Joel
(joel@wam.umd.edu)
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