🚀 go-pugleaf

Good move, Dan!
BTW, most of the proprietary systems are specifically designed for the
"after-market dollars" (oops! Pounds!).  It is a very lucrative business,
but buyers here have got very savvy to it.  Typically, if you have to buy a
product from a manufacturer to upgrade or add-on, expect to pay 50-100%
more than "street price" for the same item.  What ticks me off about this
scheme is that it specifically targets new users that lack the know-how to
see what's going on.  They inevitably buy a nice brand name system, get
into computers, but then want to upgrade.  Then they get fleeced for their
trust.

I don't know about the UK, but Compaq here is selling system without cache
(extra $50 for 256K) -- yes, a pentium 166 MHz with 32 Meg of RAM and
*zero* L2 Cache!  The other money grab from the innocent is that they are
charging $19.95 for each Tech call, *even if it is a warranty issue*.  I
have recommended all my clients avoid Compaq until they stop this nonsense.
-- 
Peter Dolman
Consultant/Technologist
pdolman@sk.sympatico.ca
pdolman@eagle.wbm.ca