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  From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
  To  : Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:24:28 +0930

Re: AMD Notebook Chips / Computer Shops in Adelaide / Auslinx

On Tuesday, 10 July 2001 at 16:09:46 +0930, Andrew Reid wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2001 16:04:34 +0930, Anthony Symons wrote:
>
>> Really? I've found that any pc off the self, brand name or not is built
>> cheap to stay competetive (particularly the brand names) but if you
>> order a pc part by part and get them to build it although it may cost a
>> bit more at least you get something decent.
>
> The only difference between purchasing a "Leader PC" and buying the
> parts yourself is the person assembling it. Leader take the bits and
> pieces from "out back" and glue them together.
>
> The Compaq, IBM and HPs that I've worked on are all of excellent build
> quality, as well as using decent parts.

I've never used Compaq myself, but I've heard many horror stories
about them.  They're "almost compatible".  No-name machines are
generally more compatible, because they have to be to stay in
business.

> [1] The last HP monitor that I was "working with" died. I wrang up HP,
> who couriered out a new monitor and picked up the broken one, no
> questions asked.

That's pretty much the exception in my experience.  But yes, in
general you'll get better service from name brands.

Greg
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