Good day Everyone As part of our evergreen replacement process we send out a request for volume discounts. This happens twice a year. Because of this I have had the opportunity to use Window-Eyes on various Windows based platforms from a variety of manufacturers.
In every case Window-Eyes has worked. Any problems I have encountered along the way are related to hardware. The risk of a volume discount process is that you never know if the company being awarded the contract will be a tear one vendor like HP or a clone assembler which I would categorize as tear three. If we have had a bad batch of hard drives from companies like HP or Dell, they have been very good about replacing them, even after the warrantee period is up. Now from some of the assemblers who do not get involved in a lot of evaluating, testing, and researching when we notice a run of bad hard driver, power supplies, video adaptors, etc. they have not been so quick in getting the problem corrected even though the warranty requirements are the same for all of our contracts. In many cases by the time we notice problems, some of those tear three companies have gone out of business. This could be because they belong to what I refer to as the part of the month club. When people ask me what type of PC to buy, I can honestly say that I cannot give a definitive answer. What I do suggest is that they look and touch the different models and decide what they find to be the most comfortable. This is especially important when buying a laptop or NetBook. Also to only go to sellers they can trust. Do they service what they sell? If not do they have a strong partnership with a service provider that delivers results on time? Are the systems name brands and if not are the components name brand ones such as Seagate, Western Digital, ATI, etc.? Does the power supply have enough to attach everything you need? For instance with more and more USB devices, a 300 watt power supply might not be enough. HTH. Vic If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
