I like to custom build my own systems when
it comes to non-mac or non-mainframe systems,
ie, any intel or amd based home/office systems.
That way of course as was mentioned I can
select the best variety of supported and/or
preferred hardware brands, and its
a fun project for me to fire up a newly
assembled system and see Linux/Unix
come up on it.
Just my 2 cents.
Vic
On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, John Aldrich said:
> On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > Wolfgang....add Acer to that list. I worked on a friend of my
> > son's Acer for him. The bios was so dumbed down as to be almost
> > useless (and hard to get at with a non-standard key combo to
> > activate it), the mb had only a single channel IDE controller
> > and the sound card was hooked up to the cdrom, but wouldn't play
> > the analog sound coming to it over the wire hookup. All-in-all
> > a pretty cheesy box.
> >
> This sort of thing is EXACTLY why I try to tell people to
> avoid buying a stock, name-brand PC and go get one
> custom-built with standard parts! It may not be as cheap as
> a Gateway or Acer, etc. but it's much more likely to work
> and will DEFINITELY be much more upgradeable than a
> name-brand PC! Plus, a lot of name-brand computers suck. My
> previous employer bought a whole bunch of Gateway computers
> and monitors. In the year they had them while I was there,
> they replaced something like 3 power supplies (out of about
> 8-10 computers they'd bought) and had to replace (all under
> warranty, you understand) one of the monitors which burned
> out! THAT is why I recommend people stay AWAY from
> Gateways! :-)
> John
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