Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram, I agree with you 100%. The big guys have pathetic service here - Dell, for example, will not attend to a problem outside warranty unless they are paid a certain sum in advance. For my office, a stockbrokers where downtime is a no-no, we have a local assembler build machines to our specs, and also service them, with a half an hour downtime policy. It has worked like a charm over the last 15 years. He also builds my personal machines to my specs. It also has the advantage that you can use the best of class components to build your machine (Asus motherboards, Corsair memory etc), build in a lot of expandability, and avoid the second rate components that Dell, HP etc use, as well as bring in the computers at substantial cost savings (no paying for all the advertisements!!) Cheers Jayanand On 2/2/07, Aram Langhans#2 <dnaplasmid@compwrx.com> wrote: > > Definitely late to the show, but I am catching up a bit on mail. Read > most replys and wonder why, as Leica users, we do not support the little > guy? I have never purchased a computer for my personal use from a major > player, and I include Apple in this. I always find some local, stable, > shop and have them build my computer for me. If something goes wrong, I > can take it down to them and get it fixed pronto. I get the components > I want and the price is usually cheaper than Dell, HP or Gateway. Also, > it is not proprietary and I can buy just about any part later and > upgrade either myself or have them do it. I usually find upgrading is > cheaper if I do it, but building the basic computer is cheaper if they > do it. Of course, I am not in a large city where I can find a multitude > of cheap components. When I do visit my in-laws in SoCal, I do venture > into Freys, but I find it always takes two trips to them. Once to buy > the items and a second trip to replace them with working parts. Has > happened with drives, Motherboards, CPU's and memory. I am convinced > their cheap prices are due to seconds. Just some thoughts from the > trenches. > > Aram > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >