You know, that hurts! Sorry, but I prefer to use the most reliable parts available so my white boxes are more reliable than your cheap POS Dell. I don't cut every corner I can to build a system and I'm not afraid to tell you that your Fry's PC is a piece of CRAP. Yes you can do it cheap from Newegg if you like and I get enough of those users in that I have to typically completely rebuild their box. All of our Intel motherboards have 3 year warranties and Intel *typically* has a replacement part at our door the next day! We've overnighted parts from Dell that have taken 2 months to receive. Why? Because they overnight when they process your order! So, your system is down? Hmm.. call Dell, find out the part will be shipped out next day *when they have it*. Screw that. Standard components mean I have you back up and running next day on average. Got an out of warranty Dell? That means they gouge you for parts. Non-standard power supplies, motherboards, and CPU coolers. I'm tired of rebuilding crap machines. Dell, Gateway, & HP can take their proprietary crap and stick it where the sun don't shine. STANDARDS people. Standard parts means it is much more affordable to rebuild a system that is out of warranty. Try sticking a standard ATX or microATX into *ANY* newer Dell or Gateway case. HP is one of the very few manufacturers left where it is at least somewhat possible and more affordable to repair.
Why not ask BobC how many times I've broken out the rotary tool so that I could modify a case just to put a regular ATX power supply in. I use the rotary tool more often at work than at home! </rant> Mr O. --- Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think white box is fine for non-business. Unless you have > lots of > money and staff to deal with all the support issues that could > arise. > If you have your OS role out down like Google. It's easy, you > just > power on the new machine. Let it load up the fresh OS and > patches, if > there is any ( 15 minutes to 30 minutes max ). Then all the > data gets > re-allocated though your distributed file system. > > -Miller > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
