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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Andrew McDonnell <andymc73@yahoo.com.au>
  Date: 11 Jul 2001 11:27:21 +0930

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

On 11 Jul 2001 11:48:30 +1000, Andrew McDonnell wrote:

[ ... ]

> Also, I dont know how far you'd get without paying any
> money, if you rang up Compaq or IBM or whatever 10
> months down the track and it wasn't a warrantied dead
> piece of hardware you wanted fixed...

Of course, not far. But, by the same token, if a PC was taken to you
with "FIXME" written on it (and it was outside of its warranty), surely
you're going to charge for your time.

> To keep it relevant to Linux, if you installed Linux
> ontoa Compaq I dont know how much help you would get
> from them either if something broke...

That applies to most computer retailers. 

> A bank absolutely needs no downtime. 

And they feel they can get this through purchasing brand-name.

> I was on a job where we had IBM servers, and a disk
> interface failed, and we were in the middle of the
> bush, and we still managed to get replacements inside
> a couple of days, this was pretty impressive given our
> environment, but then these beastys cost $10k+, so you
> get what you pay for.

Exactly.

> I'll take it that your "Sleazy Joes" is not tarring
> all independant computer servicepeople with the same
> brush...

Heh. Not all of the independant computer servicepeople are dodgy. I'm
just saying that there are a lot of undesirables out there.

> Are you contradicting youself here? Or were you in
> shock because the price was so low?

I was in shock as Compaq told me I was going to have to pay $260 for
64MB of standard, SODIM SDRAM. The fact that the RAM had a Compaq
sticker on it apparently increases its value by a couple-hundred
dollars.

> ;-) Who is this "Leader" anyway ?

Leader are probably the biggest wholesaler in South Australia. You buy
from them when you purchase lots of computer goods 'coz it's cheaper :-)

   - andrew

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