On Friday 28 March 2003 11:10, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >And it will probably have an industry standard power > >supply/motherboard connector (unlike the Dell). > > > >See, e.g. > > > >http://www.upgradingandrepairingpcs.com/articles/upgrade3_01_01.asp > > Why I am positively aghast!!! How dare you even suggest that a major > hardware (or even software) even consider something as esoteric as an > industry standard. [As I reminisce about my days own a (very proprietary) > Emerson 286 PC.] I mean, how will they keep people locked in to their > product. You can't possibly be suggesting that they try and produce a > superior product or provide superior service. I can clearly see that you > have been a part of this "so-called" free software movement for too long. > > 8-) > > -Roberto > > [Note: in case the tone came out too serious, this is actually a joke!] >
As a perennial budget-limited fixer/upgrader of not-quite-new PC's, I just don't want to know these brand-name bleeding-edge nobody-else's-bits-fit 'top name' brands. Dell, Compaq, HP, IBM.... you can keep 'em. Give me a Joe's Computer Shop special assembled from off-the-shelf bits any day. <grin> cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
