On Saturday 29 March 2003 07:41, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >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 > > I am in total agreement. The only brand-name computer I have ever > purchased is my laptop. I won't do that anymore, especially since a friend > recently told me that in many cases you can buy direct from the > manufacturer (the one under contract to Dell, IBM, or whatever). The only > down-side is you don't get tech support. But if bought from Dell and put > Debian on it, I wouldn't get tech support from the, either. So in the end, > it's all the same. > > -Roberto >
That 'tech support' is a red herring anyway, at least if you have Internet access. I've had better support from the linux-newbie, gnome, debian mailing lists (and even from a guy I just happen to have met on a completely unrelated mailing list who runs a Linux network in UK) than I *ever* have from any official source. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
