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Post #157,996
by jake123
6/1/04 1:58:52 PM
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New Been doing that for years.
Interestingly enough, there are three locally owned and operated downtown computer retailers here that build their own systems. I always buy from them; I might spend a couple of hundred more, but I get to have fine grained control over what goes into the machine, and not a blank "huh" when I ask about more obscure hardware... and operating systems.
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Post #158,011
by inthane-chan
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6/1/04 3:18:41 PM
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New Re: Been doing that for years.
I also turn locals who ask me for advice on buying a computer - I tell them to go to one of the local shops instead of Dell. The big selling point is service - I ask them, "do you want to ship your computer back to Dell, out of your pocket, have them wipe all your data out, then tell you the problem is fixed, only to have it start again three days later, or take it to a local shop, wait half an hour, then take it home again?"

They generally go with the local shop.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
     Working was fun.. - (deSitter) - (20) - May 31, 2004, 11:17:02 AM EDT
         It'll be better ........... after the revolution. - (mmoffitt) - (19) - May 31, 2004, 03:44:53 PM EDT
             How about? - (gdaustin) - (7) - May 31, 2004, 10:18:35 PM EDT
                 They need one more thing... - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 31, 2004, 11:15:53 PM EDT
                     The simple fact of the matter is - (jake123) - June 1, 2004, 02:00:44 PM EDT
                 Re: Krispy Kreme. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - June 1, 2004, 02:56:53 AM EDT
                     OT: Alex, are you local NC? (new thread) - (jb4) - June 4, 2004, 09:47:58 AM EDT
                 Been doing that for years. - (jake123) - (1) - June 1, 2004, 01:58:52 PM EDT
                     Re: Been doing that for years. - (inthane-chan) - June 1, 2004, 03:18:41 PM EDT
                 I already boycott Walmart/SAMS - (Nightowl) - June 13, 2004, 11:52:19 PM EDT
             Re: It'll be better ........... after the revolution. - (JvlivsCaesar) - (10) - May 31, 2004, 10:15:24 PM EDT
                 We could learn from the Greeks. - (mmoffitt) - (9) - May 31, 2004, 11:19:43 PM EDT
                     What was the name of that famous Greek Ruler - (Arkadiy) - (8) - June 2, 2004, 10:04:22 AM EDT
                         Procrustes, I believe - (tjsinclair) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 10:18:07 AM EDT
                             Sounds like a breakfast cereal... -NT - (imric) - June 2, 2004, 10:40:15 AM EDT
                             But he wasn't a king - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 11:18:57 AM EDT
                                 Roight, *I* didn't vote for 'im! -NT - (admin) - June 2, 2004, 11:59:12 AM EDT
                         The Original 'spreadsheet' -NT - (Ashton) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 06:52:14 PM EDT
                             What? VisiCalc The Great, Emperor Of The Known World? -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 3, 2004, 01:57:04 AM EDT
                                 Danicvs Briklinvs I [*] - (Ashton) - June 3, 2004, 03:44:17 AM EDT
                                 "One size fits all" -NT - (ben_tilly) - June 3, 2004, 02:37:02 PM EDT

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