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  From: Andrew McDonnell <andymc73@yahoo.com.au>
  To  : Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:53:45 +1000 (EST)

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

On 11 Jul 2001 Andrew Reid wrote: 

<snipped>

> > 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.

agreed. 

> 
> > 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. 

agreed.

> 
> > A bank absolutely needs no downtime. 
> 
> And they feel they can get this through purchasing
> brand-name.

Agreed; and given they probably purchase the expensive
service agreements as well, they would almost
certainly get fast turnaround as well.

> 
> > 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.

Agreed.

> > 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.

Well, that was exactly my point. Why pay a price
premium unnecessarily if you are Joe Home User?

> 
> > ;-) 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 :-)

uh huh. There are other wholesalers, this Leader is
one I havent bothered to find to about; I am quite
happy with the ones I use.

it seems we agree on most things here... I think I'll
get back to posting on Linux related issues now ;-)

Andrew
  

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