On Feb 20, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Lan Barnes wrote:
You're being naive/unfair. My wife (no sheep, I promise you) just
bought a
laptop. They refused to even discuss reconfiguring it with anything
but
the factory Vista image.
It makes perfect business sense for the vendor to refuse, on the
basis that the vendor then needs to have trained monkeys on staff
that can re-image the system. Given the economies of scale that the
big vendors rely upon, the fewer configurations they can offer, the
better off their profit margins are.
Expecting a place like Circuit City, CompUSA or Best Buy to offer
those services will get you similar rejection, though you might
actually have a chance at Best Buy with their Geek Squad.
Gregory
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