At 03:05 PM 17/08/2006, Ben Ruset wrote:
Who makes a quality computer?
I'm very happy with Acer. And the whiteboxes I sell are excellent.
Before we start saying "All major brands sell crap today" we have to
remember the Dell spearheaded the rush to the lowest possible price*
and that's when the quality and service dropped off the cliff. Dell
is the Walmart of the computer world. Too stupid to teach customers
how to buy a good quality computer (or too scared to let them see how
bad their's were) Dell went the route of the bottom feeder and pushed
price only. The other manufacturers (admittedly, also too lazy to
educate customers) tried for awhile to compete on quality over price
but failed to teach customers how to understand quality. Price is a
easy thing to compare, and given nothing else, customers bought the
cheapest thing they could. Sure they bitched about quality and
service, but they consoled themselves by thinking that every company
was the same. If Dell goes, then perhaps Acer, HP and Lenovo will
start thinking that a $1500-$2000 computer with good quality
components and support by English speakers would be better for
everyone and the industry will right itself.
*While not the first to take this route, they were the most successful.
T
