Yeah, there are different grades/tiers of products. Retail is typically the highest - oem to dell, gateway, and that ilk are the lowest. You get what you pay for. Sucks for them.

Thane Sherrington (S) wrote:

At 03:02 PM 13/10/2005, joeuser wrote:

And that's not enough to explain the problem with the drives?


LOL! That's true. Dell always uses the cheapest drives they can get (lots WD EBs and BBs.) A Toshiba tech told me their computers aren't made as durable as desktops, and Compaq=low end cheapie.

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