Good luck getting bits for ANY laptop once the warrenty has run out .....brand names such as HP / Compaq etc are up there with that to ,sure with some of the *brandname* stuff the parts are available ...but reasonable and price cant be mentioned in the same sentance ....imho if the build quality is good (ie the unit itself is of a solid construction) unlike some of the latest dell etc stuff ...then why not ?.... At the end of the day it isnt the suppliers who are providing the warrenty parts , and the parts outside of warrenty are going to be hard to get regardless (wether physically or being able to afford them ;p ) . Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Dunford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:16 PM Subject: Re: dse OS-less laptop
> Luuk Paulussen wrote: > > > > >> > >> Seems more like keep costs down by supplying something cut down with > >> no ability to upgrade the memory, and no ability to use the very good > >> and cheap collection of available, linux compatible pcmcia gear out > >> there. I can't see where the no OS discount applies. Add $200 for Win XP > >> and you are at $1700.00. Add another $200 and you get the acer > >> travelmate (XC5467) with a 2.5G celeron max 2G ram, 2 pcmcia slots. IR, > >> a vid chip that will do dri in xfree 4.3, I am left wondering whether > >> that price difference of $200 isn't in fact the price difference in real > >> hardare features, and nothing more. > >> > >> > > You can get the acer laptop for $1751 - > > http://www.pricespy.co.nz/cat_22.html which makes this deal even worse. > > > Uh uh, I'd go for the $1787 deal for this product - who's ever heard of > most of the cheaper suppliers (Tastech doesn't rate either). > > With a desktop you can cut corners that just aren't worth it with a > laptop - as they typically use proprietary parts that are hard to get or > very expensive. > > >
